Here are just a few of the many interesting news stories and links Joe Cadillic compiled this week: China-Huawei and Megvii Designed Facial Recognition System to Target Uighur Minorities: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/12/huawei-uighurs-identify/ China-Facial Recognition Is Running Amok Across The Country. The People Are Pushing Back: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adnyq/facial-recognition-is-running-amok-in-china-the-people-are-pushing-back China-Government suspected of spying on Americans via Caribbean phone networks:…
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Notable Privacy and Security Books 2020
Professor Daniel Solove is indefatigable when it comes to promoting privacy scholarship and sharing what he knows. Now he has compiled a list of some notable books on privacy and security from 2020. You can access his list here. “But wait… there’s more!” To see a more comprehensive list of nonfiction works about privacy and…
In the news this week….
Joe Cadillic’s reading list this week has many interesting links. Here are just a few of them: Poland-Data Protection Authority Reprimand for disclosure of the list of quarantined persons: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2020/reprimand-disclosure-list-quarantined-persons_en Sweden- Data Protection Authority fined seven health care providers for privacy violations: https://www.datainspektionen.se/nyheter/brister-i-hur-vardgivare-styr-personalens-atkomst-till-journaluppgifter/ Italy-Data Protection Authority the Ministry of the Interior 50,000 euro for unlawful processing…
How differential privacy enhances Microsoft’s privacy and security tools: SmartNoise Early Adopter Acceleration Program Launched
John Kahan – VP, Chief Data Analytics Officer for Microsoft, writes: The invention of differential privacy was ahead of its time. The technology, pioneered by Microsoft researchers 15 years ago, makes it possible to extract useful insights from datasets, while safeguarding the privacy of the individuals included in the data. What was needed to realize…