Ben Spurr has an update on a privacy travesty that has been going on for about two years: Law enforcement officers are increasingly seeking access to personal information stored on transit riders’ Presto fare cards, with requests for the data spiking by 47 per cent in 2018 compared to the year before. And while Metrolinx,…
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EU orders recall of children’s smartwatch over severe privacy concerns
Catalin Cimpanu reports: For the first time, EU authorities have announced plans to recall a product from the European market because of a data privacy issue. The product is Safe-KID-One, a children’s smartwatch produced by German electronics vendor ENOX. According to the company’s website, the watch comes with a trove of features, such as a…
One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI
Salvador Hernandez reports: Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry and locate relatives, is working with the FBI and allowing agents to search its vast genealogy database in an effort to solve violent crime cases, BuzzFeed News has learned. Federal and local…
‘Flawed’ privacy in Queensland Health’s electronic medical record, expert says
Lucy Stone reports: A “very strange model” allows all Queensland Health clinicians to edit the medical data of all patients in public hospitals that have the integrated electronic medical record installed, a leading health law expert says. Queensland University of Technology innovation law professor Matthew Rimmer said it appeared the $600 million electronic medical record…