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Zoom being sued for overstating its privacy standards
Zoom was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards Read more…
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Smart toilet could offer a mini health check every time you take a seat
Smart toilet offers mini health check every time you take a seat, but privacy campaigners and users said the idea sat uncomfortably with them. Read more…
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How much data does Google really have on us? And why?
When you consider how much data Google has on us, it is scary. It is definitely more than any family member apart from, perhaps, your spouse. Read more…
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The Zoom Experiment – how far will Zoom zoom, how far will it fall?
The @Zoom Experiment, which is being watched by everyone, is like watching the story of a successful company using time lapse photography. Read more…
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Zoom booming but so are privacy concerns and Zoombombing
Zoom’s daily users ballooned to more than 200 million in March as it fought to dispel concerns over privacy and “Zoombombing”. Read more…
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VPNs are not just about privacy – what you need to know
VPNs are not just about privacy, people working remotely, businesses and education institutions are looking for greater security as well. Read more…
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Facial recognition and its impact on the data privacy wars
Recently Facebook settled a facial recognition lawsuit for $550 million with the state of Illinois because it contravened the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Read more…
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Indian railways to use facial recognition to fight crime
Most major railway stations in India will use facial recognition to fight crime by the end of 2020 raising issues on people’s privacy. Read more…
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Now, mental health organisations join the war with social media
Pressure is mounting on social media platforms. Privacy was the first front to open up and now they are obvious targets for all sorts of entities. Read more…
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Strip searches and ads: 10 tech and privacy hot spots for 2020
When Thomson Reuters Foundation asked 10 tech and privacy experts what issues will shape the conversation in 2020, strip searches and ads came up. Read more…