privacy

British politicians call for pause in use of facial recognition tech by police

MPs and Lords from across the political spectrum have called for a pause on the use of live facial recognition…

Companies back ‘open, private’ internet in face of Big Tech ‘surveillance capitalism’

A dozen tech companies have launched a new “privacy pledge” that calls for a more open, democratic and private internet.…

Google Apple and Dropbox Face Italian Data Probe as First Guidance Emerges on Schrems II

Authorities in Italy have launched an investigation into "unfair practices" employed by Apple, Google and Dropbox as the Europe-wide crackdown…

AWS Customers are Opting in to Sharing AI Data Sets with Amazon Outside their Chosen Regions and Many Didn’t Know

UPDATED July 10, 11:15 BST with minor changes, to reflect AWS's updated guidance.  AWS customers are sharing sensitive AI data…

Tencent Teams Up With Intel for Retail Surveillance Camera and “AI Box”

Intel and Chinese internet giant Tencent have teamed up for two AI products for retailers to gain insights on customer…

The Tortoise and the Hare: SAS on the Race Between Innovation and Privacy Under GDPR

At SAS’s Analytics X 2018 conference in Milan on Wednesday, the American multinational's Olivier Penel likened an organisation’s challenge of…

Google Cloud Highlights its GDPR Compliance at Next London 2018

Google Cloud has detailed how its privacy and data handling has been bolstered by Europe’s recently enforced general data protection…

This 22-Year-Old Spanish Programmer is Building an Open Source, Secure Alternative to Facebook

Joel Hernández is frank about why he’s trying to launch Openbook, an open source, hyper-secure social network as an alternative…

Brave Browser Trials Tor-Powered Private Tab

The Brave browser, run by former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, has announced plans to bundle Tor into its Chromium-based browser…

New “100% UK Sovereign” UKCloud Service Takes Pot Shot at US CLOUD Act

A secure new UKCloud service takes specific aim at the risk of foreign surveillance, highlighting its “100% UK sovereign” nature…