A survey of 471 data protection and privacy officers provides valuable insights into their challenges and priorities for 2020 — from CPO Magazine. Key highlights: 27% named getting budget and available resources as the organization’s No. 1 challenge 49% have made governance of data processing and the formation of a privacy-aware culture a top priority…
Category: Misc
No, “triage” doesn’t mean that you get to discriminate against immigrants, the disabled, or any other group
Much of the world first seems to be learning what “triage” really means. Even for many healthcare professionals, triage has never been so meaningful, real, or brutal as it is during this pandemic when ventilators and PPE are in short supply. So who gets treated and who doesn’t when you run out of personnel and…
Zooming OUT of being monitored
Now that so many people are working from home, they are using conferencing platforms like Zoom. There’s been some talk about Zoom actually collecting what seems an invasive amount of information about people while they are connected to Zoom. EFF recently noted about Zoom: The host of a Zoom call has the capacity to monitor the…
EFF and COVID-19: Protecting Openness, Security, and Civil Liberties
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: EFF and its members work to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has made obvious how important the Internet and digital tools are to our lives and how vital it is that we maintain an open and secure…