data privacy
48 Advocacy Groups Call on the FTC to Ban Amazon Surveillance
The open letter uses Amazon as a case study to argue that corporate surveillance technologies cause immense harm and fall under the FTC's authority to ban.
Facebook Says it Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down
European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users.
Europe Ordered Facebook to Stop Sending User Data to the United States
It could mean that Facebook has to shut down its European operation, at least temporarily.
Singapore Is Putting Trackers on Some Incoming Travelers. Should Other Countries Do the Same?
To monitor incoming travelers required to quarantine at home amid the pandemic, Singapore and other Asian countries have turned to monitoring devices. Experts don't think it'll work elsewhere.
How One Company Collected Browsing Data Via Android Apps
“Not even Facebook” has this granularity of data, one employee of Ogury said in an email obtained by Motherboard.
Ontario Cops Can See Who’s Tested Positive for COVID-19, Rights Group Warns
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association called police access to coronavirus data an "extreme invasion of privacy," and are now asking the Ontario solicitor general to justify the move.
Phone Operators Are Really Worried About the Indian Government Asking for Call Records of All Their Users
Telecom operators smell something fishy in this unusual request, which could also flout the 2013 telecom guidelines.
The True Story of How Your Data Was Stolen to Fix Elections
VICE speaks to the directors of 'The Great Hack', a new Netflix documentary about the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Your Future Doctor Could Monitor Your Facebook Posts for Disease
Medical providers could soon use your social media to predict diseases from depression to diabetes, sparking questions of data privacy.
Health Apps Can Share Your Data Everywhere, New Study Shows
A study tested two dozen medicine apps to find out how and where they're sharing your personal data.
British lawmakers just called Facebook "digital gangsters"
"Even if Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t believe he is accountable to the U.K. Parliament, he is to the billions of Facebook users across the world.”
Shady Data Brokers Are Selling Online Dating Profiles by the Millions
Tactical Tech and artist Joana Moll bought one million dating profiles for $153.