Marc Parry writes: In 2006, Harvard sociologists struck a mother lode of social-science data, offering a new way to answer big questions about how race and cultural tastes affect relationships. The source: some 1,700 Facebook profiles, downloaded from an entire class of students at an “anonymous” university, that could reveal how friendships and interests evolve…
Category: Breaches
Privacy International: Why we work on refugee privacy
Few understand why we focus on refugee privacy. Funders don’t understand it so don’t fund it; the public see the plight of refugees as seen on TV, not as a privacy issue; and often times the international community does everything it can to increase scrutiny of refugees. In this article, we highlight the privacy issues…
UK police databases: how over 900 staff abuse their access
From BigBrotherWatch writes: For the first time, Big Brother Watch has uncovered the true extent to which Police abuse their access to confidential databases. This report follows allegations yesterday that former Downing Street Head of Communications Andy Coulson paid the Police in order to receive privilegedinformation. Between 2007 and 2010: 243 Police officers and staff received criminal convictions for…
Coulson arrested, News of the World to close – double wow!
Andy Coulson, the former editor of News of the World tabloid and former spokesperson for Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested this morning over the explosive phone-hacking scandal in the UK. And in related news, Rupert Murdoch announced that he is shutting down News of the World this week. Talk about an organization experiencing…