Scott Palmer reports: A Dunedin mother has had her world destroyed after a nurse accidentally shared horrific details of her child’s sexual abuse with a teacher. One of her children has already self-harmed repeatedly, and she fears that if personal information is leaked it could lead to tragedy. “I feel like I’ve failed my children……
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India should look to Europe as its model for data privacy
Jochai Ben-Avie, senior global policy manager for Mozilla, has this OpEd on Financial Times: India has become the growth market darling of the world, with a digital economy on track to reach a $1tn valuation by 2022. But it is not clear which path Narendra Modi’s government will take in pursuit of that lofty valuation….
Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens, not <5%
Josh Constantine reports: Facebook has changed its story after initially trying to downplay how it targeted teens with its Research program that a TechCrunch investigation revealed was paying them gift cards to monitor all their mobile app usage and browser traffic. “Less than 5 percent of the people who chose to participate in this market…
New York state demands info on iPhone apps sharing private data with Facebook
Roger Fingas reports: The New York state government sent out a barrage of letters this week, asking for documents and other information from Facebook and the developers of at least 11 iPhone apps accused of sending private data to the social network. Most of the named apps are health and fitness related, some better-known titles…