Meghan Kelly reports: Deals giant, Groupon, e-mailed its users Saturday to announce changes to its Privacy Statement. The changes are aimed to bring more transparency to Groupon, as well as make the language more accessible to the general public. Notable changes include the redefinition of “personal information” collected by Groupon. Since the inception of “Now! Deals”, the…
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Harvard Researchers Accused of Breaching Students’ Privacy
Marc Parry writes: In 2006, Harvard sociologists struck a mother lode of social-science data, offering a new way to answer big questions about how race and cultural tastes affect relationships. The source: some 1,700 Facebook profiles, downloaded from an entire class of students at an “anonymous” university, that could reveal how friendships and interests evolve…
Privacy International: Why we work on refugee privacy
Few understand why we focus on refugee privacy. Funders don’t understand it so don’t fund it; the public see the plight of refugees as seen on TV, not as a privacy issue; and often times the international community does everything it can to increase scrutiny of refugees. In this article, we highlight the privacy issues…
UK police databases: how over 900 staff abuse their access
From BigBrotherWatch writes: For the first time, Big Brother Watch has uncovered the true extent to which Police abuse their access to confidential databases. This report follows allegations yesterday that former Downing Street Head of Communications Andy Coulson paid the Police in order to receive privilegedinformation. Between 2007 and 2010: 243 Police officers and staff received criminal convictions for…