Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a surprising announcement, Microsoft said in a blog post today that it would apply California’s upcoming strict privacy legislation to all its US users, and not just Californians. The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is currently set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. The upcoming law is considered one…
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In Wake of Ayodhya Verdict, UP Police on Constant Alert; DGP Says Social Media Being ‘Monitored’
PTI reports: The Uttar Pradesh Police is on constant alert mode “as long as required” and also keeping an eye on various social media platforms to quell rumours and fake messages in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, DGP O P Singh said on Tuesday. He added that 70 people…
Google’s Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
Rob Copeland reports: Google is teaming with one of the country’s largest health-care systems on a secret project to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states, according to people familiar with the matter and internal documents. The initiative, code-named “Project Nightingale,” appears to be the largest in…
All children to receive whole genome sequencing at birth, under ambitions laid out by Matt Hancock
I realize that there are people who will cheer this or support this approach in the U.K., but I think I’m feeling sick reading this news report that Joe Cadillic sent over. Laura Donnelly reports: All children will be able to receive whole genome sequencing at birth, under ambitions laid out by the Health Secretary….