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Minimize privacy harms by learning about the types of privacy concerns that can arise and how to prevent them.
Total Cookie Protection is a major anti-tracking advance in Firefox that confines cookies to the site where they were created.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Virginia's the first on deck since California's CCPA in 2018, but more are coming.
Months after U of Oregon's actions exposed the ability of colleges to seek mental health records of alleged rape victims, the outrage hasn't led to action to prevent others from doing the same thing.
The requirement of harm has significantly impeded the enforcement of privacy law. In most tort and contract cases, plaintiffs must establish that they have suff
This post analyzes CPRA's categories of sensitive personal data, company obligations, whether CPRA is a good model for regulating sensitive personal data.
If you use KCLS, and you have any holds selected "For Later", what it does is put them in a publicly visible social media profile made for you by...
Boiling thoughts down to six words highlights what people consider to be the most important dimensions of a topic. On Data Privacy Day 2021, we look i
Privacy statements are relatively new and often not incorporated into higher education course syllabi, even as the need for such statements has increased. In their 2019 research¹, Dr. Kyle Jones and Dr. Amy VanScoy note that few faculty include privacy statements in […]
Nice simple "what privacy is for" explainer.
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp began alerting its 2 billion users in early January to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they wanted to keep using the popular messaging app, they had to accept it. The new terms caused an outcry among technology experts, privacy advocates, billionaire entrepreneurs and government organizations and triggered some defections to rival services. WhatsApp initially said the changes were necessary to help it integrate better with other Facebook products. Then it pushe
WhatsApp has just been caught out by Apple's latest strike at Facebook...
The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy in Higher Education report explores data privacy management; examines recent privacy legislation and issues tha
The MIT Libraries is committed to protecting your privacy and confidentiality when you visit or use services we provide. This privacy policy details how MIT Libraries handles the personally identifiable information (PII) of MIT students, faculty, staff, and other patrons of the MIT Libraries. MIT Libraries Patron Data Privacy Policy Last updated: November 2020 Table […]
A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is a process to help you identify and minimise the data protection risks of a project.
We may be in the middle of a process of redesigning how the web economy functions. Considerations include web advertisements. Such works involve many actors. Some big platforms. Some web browser vendors. Some ads companies, with a modest list of analysts or researchers keeping a close eye. I believe it’
Academic libraries have been in the information security spotlight due to the resurgence of Silent Librarian. The collection of academic user accounts gives attackers access to whatever the user has access to in the campus network, including personal data. Attackers gaining access to library patron data was not the reason why academic library information security … Continue reading "Security Without Privacy"