Privacy & Personal Data
My hand-picked collection of articles and media covering crucial topics related to privacy and personal data protection.
Collection by Badih Saikali
briefly.co
Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy
· They have zero right, none, to the tracking they've been getting away with. 2We, as a society, have implicitly accepted it because we never really noticed it. 2...We wouldn't tolerate it.
Bloomberg
French Covid-19 Drones Grounded After Privacy Complaint
· Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 8, including Westmonster
The Register
Facebook apologizes to users, businesses for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect its customers' privacy
2 min · · New iOS update will rob people of personalized ads, wails antisocial giant · Shared by 34, including Dean of Big Data 🎓 #DOBD, Nicolas Babin, Graphic Mac
briefly.co
Uber’s former security chief charged with data breach cover-up
· It wasn’t until a year after the breach that former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick was forced out and replaced with Dara Khosrowshahi, who fired Sullivan after learning of the cyberattack.…
The Verge
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman welcomes you to Team Antitrust
8 min · · Shared by 14, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
azmirror.com
Unsealed Google lawsuit docs show its own engineers were confused by privacy settings
3 min · · In internal emails unsealed Friday by an Arizona judge in an ongoing consumer fraud lawsuit, Google employees admitted that some parts of their applications' location privacy settings were confusing… · Shared by 58, including Faik Ersoy, Adrienne Fichter, Bjorn Larsen, Kashmir Hill
The Verge
Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats in new update
1 min · · The update may let Facebook compete more directly with iMessage · Shared by 82, including Bas Grasmayer, Matt Navarra, { Monah } 💡, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa, Katja Evertz
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
6 min · · TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing… · Shared by 61, including Matt Navarra, Peter Steinberger, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Tim Hayden, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Michael (मुकेश), hakan, Keith Rabois, Mike Volpe, Christopher Mims 🤌
The Verge
Google is sending a complicated privacy email to everyone — here’s what it means
4 min · · The company is starting up human review of audio recordings, but you’re automatically opted out. · Shared by 9
BuzzFeed News
Facebook Employees Feel Betrayed By Company Leadership
18+ min · · As the US heads towards a crucial and contentious presidential election, the world's largest social network is facing an unprecedented cultural crisis. · Shared by 294, including Bill Johnston, Rf, Katja Evertz, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Peter Steinberger, Stig Ørskov, Ethan Marcotte, Frederic Filloux, C̷͈̳̫͗͊̾had P̸̜͇̱̗̻̝̙͆͑͑͝͝ollitt, Richard Gutjahr, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Kara Swisher, Jay Rosen, Bailey Richardson, Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸, Brian Solis, Matt Navarra, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, Azeem Azhar
gov.uk
Addressing trust in public sector data use
· Maximising the beneficial use of personal information held in the public sector 1. Key findings Data is needed not just to develop new technology but also to enable the evaluation of it. The UK will… · Shared by 7, including Privacy Matters
IAPP
CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield; SCCs remain valid
5 min · · In a major development for international data transfers, the European Union's highest court declared Thursday that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield arrangement — which includes thousands of participating…
Bloomberg
Siri, Alexa Targeted as EU Probes ‘Internet of Things’
· Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 9, including Privacy Matters, George M 🇪🇺
Ars Technica
This device keeps Alexa and other voice assistants from snooping on you
6 min · · Meet LeakyPick, the low-cost audio spy detector for network-connected devices. · Shared by 58, including Sandeep Raut, Backchannel, Matthias Lampe
The Verge
LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard
1 min · · Another app caught by iOS 14. · Shared by 17, including Matt Navarra, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Chris Isak
briefly.co
Facebook Flaw Allowed Thousands Of Developers To Gather Personal Data
· 5,000 developers were mistakenly allowed to gather information from people’s Facebook profiles after a time limit on their rights had expired, according to BBC News. 1...Facebook gave an example of…