Privacy row erupts over plan to log thousands of innocent Britons’ DNA on controversial EU database Tens of thousands of innocent Britons DNA will be placed on an EU database Home Office said it would share samples of people never charged with offences UK currently only holds records from swabs of those convicted of a … Read more
Facebook has created a ‘privacy committee’ on its board of directors as part of the company’s $5billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Members of the panel, which will be responsible for overseeing risks related to privacy and data use, were named in a financial filing on Wednesday, Business Insider … Read more
The US Senate voted Wednesday on an amendment to the Patriot Act that would prevent law enforcement from seizing American’s internet browsing and search history without a warrant. The bill required 60 supporting votes to pass and the final tally came up with only 59 ayes and 37 nays – but the failure was only … Read more
Julie Burchill (pictured) says it’s ludicrous pleading privacy while broadcasting our lives online YES by Julie Burchill, writer and broadcaster People who go into attention-seeking professions often bleat that they are ‘very private people’. I’m not like that. I’ve been what is crudely known as an ‘attention whore’ ever since I became a teenage journalist, … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will ask users for personal details despite concerns about patients’ privacy People will be invited to enter the first half of their postcode and other details When someone downloads the app, it will track who they come within 6ft of This comes after more than 175 UK academics voiced concerns … Read more
ACLU warns contact tracing apps designed to monitor spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks if they do not have proper safeguards The ACLU says contact tracing apps will have to be made with privacy in mind It said that apps could have significant privacy risks if not designed properly Among other things the … Read more
Edward Snowden, the famous whistleblower who leaked information from the National Security Agency in 2012, has come out of hiding to share a warning with the world about the coronavirus. Snowden told Vice that governments could exploit the coronavirus pandemic in order to keep their control over the public. The cautionary words comes at a … Read more