Glad EPIC.org obtained these documents, but it looks like the government too-liberally redacted material. If the “scenarios” are not real cases, why couldn’t they have been shown as a way of helping the public understand how the government interprets the laws? In response to EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has…
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NZ: Dunedin mother ‘unable to sleep’ after DHB shares child’s sexual abuse details
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……
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…