Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai report: This story is part of When Spies Come Home, a Motherboard series about powerful surveillance software ordinary people use to spy on their loved ones. A website and app designed to let users monitor their children, employees, or illegally spy on their spouse inadvertently allowed anyone who was using…
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Hospital is the first in the country to issue patients with electronic wristbands that track their movements through ‘big brother’ style technology
Alexandra Thompson reports: A hospital has become the first to issue all staff and patients with electronic ‘wristbands’ to track their movements through ‘big brother’ style technology. In an NHS trial, the Countess of Chester Hospital, in Cheshire, has more than 4,000 infrared sensors above beds and doorways that read data chips on patients’ and…
Portuguese hospital receives and contests 400,000 € fine for GDPR infringement
Anna Oberschelp de Meneses and Kristof Van Quathem write: On July 17, 2018, the Portuguese Supervisory Authority (“CNPD”) imposed a fine of 400.000 € on a hospital for infringement of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The decision has not been made public. Earlier this week, the hospital publicly announced that it will…
ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law. In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes. After considering representations from the company, the ICO has issued the…