Joseph Cox reports: An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world’s biggest companies, a joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag has found. Our report relies on leaked user data, contracts, and other company documents that show the sale…
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Wisconsin at center of looming federal battle over health records
Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, writes: On one side are regulators hoping to foster easier exchange of health data, some patient advocates and some researchers and healthcare app developers. On the other side are major health records firms such as Verona-based Epic, the American Medical Association, some healthcare systems, people worried about…
Justices Decline to Halt $35B Privacy Class Action Against Facebook
Nicholas Iovino reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Facebook’s last-ditch effort to derail a $35 billion class action claiming the company harvested millions of users’ facial data without consent. ) The Supreme Court’s denial means a trial initially scheduled to start in July 2018 will soon be placed back on the calendar. The trial…
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
Kashmir Hill reports: Until recently, Hoan Ton-That’s greatest hits included an obscure iPhone game and an app that let people put Donald Trump’s distinctive yellow hair on their own photos. Then Mr. Ton-That — an Australian techie and onetime model — did something momentous: He invented a tool that could end your ability to walk…