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Data privacy continues to make headlines. These issues are symptoms of a profound shift in the world of data privacy and security that have major implications for organizations. With the rise of big data and machine learning, privacy and security are now converging.

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@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @vmanancourt: 🇸🇪 Swedish police authority gets slapped with a EUR 250,000 fine for unlawful use of Clearview AI facial recognition tech: https://t.co/VpmYqTwrYL
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Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Upon news in the media of the Swedish Police Authority using the application Clearview AI for facial recognition the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) initiated an …

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 16, 2021
RT @balbonipaolo: Swedish DPA fines the Swedish Police Authority approx. EUR 250,000 for unlawfully using #ClearviewAI to identify individuals. The police also failed to carry out a #DPIA - obligatory for this type of processing https://t.co/482Mn4KRNm #facialrecognition #biometricdata
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Swedish DPA: Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Swedish DPA: Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Swedish DPA: Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

@anthonymfreed shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @StopMalvertisin: Cybereason | Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1 https://t.co/8XtBHQ0owY
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Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1

Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1

Clearview AI scrapes billions of images off social media and the open web, applies facial recognition algorithms on them, and sells that data to law enforcement agencies all over the world. ...

@thegrugq shared
On Feb 13, 2021
RT @DukeCyberPolicy: More like “The Privacy Suicide Pact”. Students should demand deletion of their data immediately. FTC and AGs should investigate these predatory practices. https://t.co/yuemy70N2I @nihavattikonda @jessedelson @MindingPrivacy @JulesPolonetsky @omertene
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To protect our privacy, we should divorce the Duke Marriage Pact

To protect our privacy, we should divorce the Duke Marriage Pact

We’re here to crash your (algorithmically-selected) weddings. 

@thegrugq shared
On Feb 13, 2021
RT @elegant_wallaby: New piece from @stanfordio regarding @joinClubhouse, @AgoraIO and user privacy. This has potentially serious implications for government-targeted users, particularly in China and Hong Kong. 🧵⤵️ https://t.co/1y9KLh7vPf
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Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe?

Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe?

The audio chat app “Clubhouse” went viral among Chinese-speaking audiences. Stanford Internet Observatory examines whether user data was protected, and why that matters.

@matthew_d_green shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @FredericJacobs: All GDPR fines look so tiny when put into comparison with the $5B dollar fine of the FTC against Facebook. Without enforcement, GDPR is just wishful thinking. #DataProtection https://t.co/oawrhojwHj https://t.co/Mzf0uMAnTd
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POLITICO Digital Bridge: Digital competition — Big Tech down under — Section 230’s dirty secret

POLITICO Digital Bridge: Digital competition — Big Tech down under — Section 230’s dirty secret

POLITICO's weekly transatlantic tech newsletter uncovers the digital relationship between critical power-centers through exclusive insights and breaking news for global technology elites ...

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 10, 2021
RT @StevePeers: Big data protection news - after four years, Member States finally agree EU Council position on revising e-privacy law: https://t.co/xw0N13v3RJ Still needs to be negotiated with the European Parliament
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Confidentiality of electronic communications: Council agrees its position on ePrivacy rules

Confidentiality of electronic communications: Council agrees its position on ePrivacy rules

Member states agreed on a negotiating mandate for revised rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communications services (ePrivacy).

@Infosec_Tourist shared
On Feb 11, 2021
RT @cyberwar: Canadian MSSP (and other stuff) Herjavec Group acquired by Apex. https://t.co/sHqJtBnTcx
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Herjavec Group - Transaction Announcement

Herjavec Group - Transaction Announcement

has been acquired by Momentum Cyber served as exclusive financial and strategic advisor to Herjavec Group February 11th, 2021 Transaction Overview Transaction Significance Notable …

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