Aisha Malik reports: Spotify is launching a new personalized playlist called “Friends Mix” to give users a way to discover new tracks based on the Blends they’ve created with with their friends. The streaming service’s Blend tool allows two Spotify users to see where their musical tastes overlap by mixing together their favorite songs to…
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After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire
Mark Keierleber writes: A few months after education leaders at America’s largest school district announced that a technology vendor had exposed sensitive student information in a massive data breach, the company at fault — Illuminate Education — was recognized with the software industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. Since that disclosure in New York City schools, the scope of…
‘Hey Siri’: Virtual assistants are listening to children and then using the data
‘Hey Siri’: Virtual assistants are listening to children and then using the data Virtual assistants are becoming a more common household fixture, and many children are growing up and interacting with them. (Shutterstock) Stephen J. Neville, York University, Canada and Natalie Coulter, York University, Canada In many busy households around the world, it’s not uncommon for…
It’s good to TalkTalk, Part 2: negligence claims for data breaches
Eoin O’Dell writes: Two recent cases demonstrate two very different privacy issues arising out data breaches suffered by the telecommunications company TalkTalk in 2014 and 2015. Smith v TalkTalk Telecom Group plc [2022] EWHC 1311 (QB) (27 May 2022) concerned claims for damages for both breaches; whilst Sterritt v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2022] NIQB 43 (09 June 2022) concerned the…