Josh Constine reports: A win for privacy on LinkedIn could be a big loss for businesses, recruiters and anyone else expecting to be able to export the email addresses of their connections. LinkedIn just quietly introduced a new privacy setting that defaults to blocking other users from exporting your email address. That could prevent some…
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Dutch Supervisory Authority Imposes GDPR Security Standard for Processing Broadly Defined Health Data
Kristof van Quathem of Covington & Burling writes: In early November, the Dutch Supervisory Authority released an injunction imposed against the public insurance body Uitvoeringsinstituut Werkgeversverzekering (“UWV”) last July. The UWV allows employers to submit data about their employees for social security purposes. The data includes dates of employee absences due to general illness (and…
You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True
You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True by Marshall Allen Last March, Tony Schmidt discovered something unsettling about the machine that helps him breathe at night. Without his knowledge, it was spying on him. From his bedside, the device was tracking when he was using it and sending the information not…
China demands detailed user data from tech businesses in latest crackdown on dissent
James Cook reports: The Chinese government has ordered technology businesses operating in the country to collect more data on their users, including their real names and the type of hardware they use to access sites. China’s Cyberspace Administration published its new requirements on Thursday, informing businesses that they will come into place on November 30….