Sarah Marsh reports: Google does not have to apply Europe’s landmark “right to be forgotten” law globally, the continent’s highest court has ruled. The right to be forgotten was enshrined by the European court of justice in 2014, when it said Google must delete “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant” data from its results when…
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Ca: PPC critic demands apology, takes legal action against party over ‘doxxin
Lauren Boothby reports: Maxime Bernier and his party are at the centre of legal action after a riding association apparently called an anti-fascist activist a ‘terrorist’ on social media, and posted his private information. Omar Kinnarath’s lawyer sent the demand letter Tuesday morning, naming the party’s leader, Winnipeg PPC candidates Yogi Henderson and Steven Fletcher,…
Google, Amazon and Microsoft in Battle to Store Health Data in the Cloud
Melanie Evans reports: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are striking sweeping agreements to store data and develop software for hospitals, as the technology giants wrestle for control in health-care and cloud-computing markets. Read more on WSJ.
Mental health websites in Europe found sharing user data for ads
Natasha Lomas reports: Research by a privacy rights advocacy group has found popular mental health websites in the EU are sharing users’ sensitive personal data with advertisers. Europeans going online to seek support with mental health issues are having sensitive health data tracked and passed to third parties, according to Privacy International’s findings — including…