Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila ruled in favor of Facebook and dismissed the plaintiff’s wiretap claims with prejudice. Facebook had previously been accused of gathering user data on sites that had a “Like” button, even if the user was logged out. The long-drawn...
According to Alberta privacy officials, the verdict against a Covenant Health pharmacist that was made public last November 15 is expected to send a wake-up call to health-care workers and companies involved in handling of personal health information. Pharmacist Basel Alsaadi was handed a sentence...
Human Rights Watch recently criticized China’s “Police Cloud”, calling it a privacy rights violation. HRW’s Sophie Richardson said that the Chinese government’s efforts in collecting and storing the personal information of its citizens, and the use of such a database to identify and conduct surveillance...
Seoul-based tech startup MediBloc recently revealed that it is looking to use blockchain technology in its new patient-centered medical recordkeeping system. Founders Kho Woo-kyun and Lee Eun-sol said that their system will give patients ownership of their medical records, as opposed to traditional systems where records...
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is currently mulling the use dummy numbers as an additional security layer for every Aadhaar cardholder. The framework, which had been discussed at senior levels at UIDAI, would involve the use of pseudo-numbers for transactions which cannot be traced...
A number of top institutions included in the Russell Group had apparently hired investigators to snoop on the finances of their alumni in an effort to raise donations. It is said that the screening firms were able to obtain sensitive details such as incomes, investments, pensions,...
Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur recently prohibited the sale of children’s smartwatches and instructed those who already own them to destroy their devices. Some of the smartwatches apparently had a remote listening feature which is considered as an unauthorized transmitting system under German law. It is said that the...
Big players in the wireless industry are seen to be keeping their distance on a big privacy case that is set to be heard by the US Supreme court on November 29. The case is said to provide a clear answer as to whether authorities need...
Last Thursday, the US Federal Communications Commission voted to approve the use of a technology called ATSC 3.0 which set off some privacy worries with a few lawmakers. While ATSC should improve the picture quality and add interactive features, it also allows for more precise geolocation...
Last Thursday, Malaysian authorities said that they have identified the individuals who may be responsible for the recent breach in the country which compromised the personal details of around 46.2 million citizens. According to Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, the suspects may...