Hunton reports: On July 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ireland granted Facebook, Inc.’s (“Facebook”) leave to appeal a lower court’s ruling sending a privacy case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”). […] In granting Facebook leave to appeal, the Supreme Court noted that “[i]t is in the interest of…
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Facebook Violates Trust of ‘Private’ Patient Groups
Ellen Matloff reports: Thousands of women who carry mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 and joined ‘private’ Facebook groups recently learned that their groups were vulnerable to a Chrome plug-in that allowed marketers to discover group members’ names and other private health information. That Chrome plug-in has since been removed from this, and apparently all…
At least two malls are using facial recognition technology to track shoppers’ ages and genders without telling
Not only do they not even try to obtain your consent, they don’t even tell you you’re under surveillance. Sarah Rieger reports: At least two Calgary malls are using facial recognition technology to track shoppers’ ages and genders without first notifying them or obtaining their explicit consent. A visitor to Chinook Centre in south Calgary…
Over 11 million people have installed spyware from ‘Big Star Labs’
Cal Jeffrey reports: In brief: A new batch of spyware has been discovered by AdGuard Research. The malware comes in the form of Android app (and one unsanctioned iOS app) and extensions for Chrome and Firefox. The apps are owned by a company called “Big Star Labs,” but nothing is known about it. Read more…