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Category: Misc
Other news items this week….
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:…
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…