Top news of the week: 16.04.2020.
#Privacy #NHS #COVID19 #COVID #Security
Data Privacy
How to host safer Zoom meetings
The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to work from home for the first time, and use video conferencing apps that they're not familiar with. Guest contributor Philip Le Riche takes ...
RT @natashanyt: In an extraordinarily candid conversation, Zoom CEO @ericsyuan told @nicoleperlroth + me that he regretted Zoom had never considered its privacy risks to consumers before the pandemic.
“The risks, the misuse, we never thought about that," he told us.
https://t.co/3QcpCheeBA
OpenZoom Rushes to Improve Privacy for Consumers Flooding Its Service
The features that allowed companies to hop on videoconferences also made it easy for trolls to hijack meetings and harass students.
RT @carissaveliz: #Privacy “A draft government memo explaining how the #NHS contact-tracing app could stem the spread of the coronavirus said ministers might be given the ability to order “de-anonymisation” to identify people from their smartphones.” https://t.co/Wp9ilw39PG
OpenNHS coronavirus app: memo discussed giving ministers power to 'de-anonymise' users
Exclusive: draft plans for contact-tracing app said device IDs could be used to identify users
RT @klillington: "Far greater transparency and evidence required for public to hand over data" -- My column today: Why we should be slow to use tracking apps in coronavirus response https://t.co/2NrLtJSU0a via @IrishTimesBiz
OpenWhy we should be slow to use tracking apps in coronavirus response
Net Results: Far greater transparency and evidence required for public to hand over data
RT @EU_EDPB: During its 21st Plenary, the EDPB adopted a letter concerning the European Commission's draft Guidance on apps supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here: https://t.co/3lApTmN8Sn https://t.co/RkaekCsBIV
OpenTwenty-first plenary session of the European Data Protection Board - Letter concerning the European Commission's draft Guidance on apps supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Twenty-first plenary session of the European Data Protection Board - Letter concerning the European Commission's draft Guidance on apps supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Using #COVID-19 Patient Data for Research: Sizing Up Risks
As Medical Data Collaborations Kick Off, #Privacy and #Security Concerns Emerge https://t.co/n9qibUx2ZZ
OpenUsing COVID-19 Patient Data for Research: Sizing Up Risks
In the effort to develop COVID-19 medical insights, some healthcare and technology firms are reportedly partnering to collect coronavirus patient information to
"Facebook's and LinkedIn's alleged interception of Zoom participants' information without users' knowledge or consent violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act" (and CCPA and state law prohibiting unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices)
https://t.co/Brj21p4xnn
OpenFacebook, LinkedIn Sued For 'Eavesdropping' On Zoom Users
Facebook and LinkedIn have been secretly harvesting personal information from Zoom users to boost their revenues, according to a putative class action filed in California federal court ...
RT @johnnyryan: It's a terrible day to release a big but complicated tech story, but here goes...
@Brave files GDPR "purpose limitation" complaint against Google's internal data free-for-all. Enforcement could radically change Google.
https://t.co/BjVXbIyuBf
OpenFormal GDPR complaint against Google’s internal data free-for-all
Brave has filed a GDPR complaint v Google for infringing the GDPR “purpose limitation” principle. Enforcement would be tantamount to a functional separation of Google’s business.