With a headline like this and it dealing with an individual’s privacy battle against Big Tech, I had to point you at this article: Clearview Stole My Face and the EU Can’t Do Anything About It | WIRED UK When I was at university I was particularly interested in privacy …
This story starts off as Science Fiction come true but rapidly becomes about privacy
Contact lens computer screens, you cannot get more Mission Impossible, Batman (have you seen the latest Batman?) or just science fiction than that. Pop in your contact lenses and useful info is floating there in front of your world. Need a photo, blink twice. Need to know what “today’s Specials” …
Online Rights of the Child
If you run an online service that is aimed at children, or children will use, then read this and check you and your developers are following the code. Best interests of the child self-assessment | ICO
The ICO steps in – The Scottish Government needs to be more transparent with respect to citizen’s personal information and the COVID-19 app
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a written reprimand to both the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland about failures in how citizen’s personal data was used and handled by the NHS Scotland COVID Status app. Governments should not be making these types of mistakes. See the ICO article …
Time to think about what Amazon knows about you – and some privacy advice
I use Amazon – the world uses Amazon. The company has come a long way since it began just selling books to the role it played in the pandemic. But to fuel the growth of one of the world’s biggest companies requires huge amounts of data about you and me. …
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