Sometimes Joe Cadillic sends me links to articles that infuriate me. This is one of them. Victoria Woollaston reports: It’s bad enough checking your partner’s phone when they leave the room, or taking a peek at their Facebook page, yet a new app takes this level of snooping not just a step further, but a…
Category: Business
How Much Is My Private Data Worth? (Google Just Offered Me $$)
Joe Cadillic sent me a link to an article on Testosterone Pit that begins: The first thing I noticed after I’d removed the glossy brochure and a letter from the 8.5 x 11 envelope was the crisp $5 bill attached to the letter. I’m a sucker for free money. After peeling it off and securing…
Dutch privacy watchdog says Google breaks data law
Thomas Escritt reports: Google’s practice of combining personal data from its many different online services violates Dutch data protection law, the country’s privacy watchdog said on Thursday after a seven-month investigation. The Dutch Data Protection Authority, or DPA, asked Google to attend a meeting to discuss its concerns, after which it would decide whether to take any…
Ryanair raided for ‘illegally’ filming staff
Low-cost airline Ryanair has been accused of illegally setting up surveillance cameras to spy on its employees at Rygge Airport in Moss, south of Oslo. Agents from Norway’s Data Protection Authority raided the Irish airline’s premises unannounced to inspect the cameras, which were installed this January. “They have set up multiple cameras,” Bjørn Erik Thon,…