Bernice Hiller reports: Allegations that long-term care staff in the Baie Verte hospital took inappropriate pictures of residents made it to the floor of the House of Assembly, as politicians asked and answered questions about the possible privacy breach. Central Health is investigating the allegations, along with the RCMP and Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner. Read more…
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The Streets are Watching: How Billboards are Spying on You
Billboards have come a long way from the faded, peeling posters by the roadside. Today, many adverts are displayed on vibrant digital screens featuring animation, interactivity and high production values. Advanced technology has not just brought the advertising displays themselves to life, it has also brought the integration of a wealth of tools that have…
Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
Khari Johnson reports: In November 2021, Facebook announced it would delete face recognition data extracted from images of more than 1 billion people and stop offering to automatically tag people in photos and videos. Luke Stark, an assistant professor at Western University, in Canada, told WIRED at the time that he considered the policy change a PR…
Google’s ‘Incognito’ Mode Inspires Staff Jokes – and a Big Lawsuit
Malathi Nayak reports: On International Data Privacy Day last year, an email popped into Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s inbox from Google’s marketing chief Lorraine Twohill full of ideas on gaining user trust. “Make Incognito Mode truly private,” she wrote in a bullet point. “We are limited in how strongly we can market Incognito because…