I posted a story earlier this week about Tagged.com. The New York Times also has an article on Tagged.com, MyLife.com, desktopdating.net, and what appears to be an accelerating problem. ….. I spoke to Greg Tseng, founder and chief executive of Tagged, to ask him what happened. He said all social networking sites invite you to…
IPAM Workshop: Statistical and Learning-Theoretic Challenges in Data Privacy
Location: Los Angeles, California The goal of workshop is to establish a coherent theoretical foundation for research on data privacy. This implies work on (1) how the conflicting goals of privacy and utility can or should be formulated mathematically; and (2) how the constraints of privacy—in their various incarnations—affect the accuracy of statistical inference and…
ICBC cuts deal with chiropractors for patient medical records
The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is defending its decision to enter into an agreement with B.C. chiropractors that could give the corporation access to patients’ medical records. Under the deal, ICBC will pay chiropractors a $900 flat fee for treating an ICBC customer. The chiropractor could then provide ICBC with records of the patient’s treatment….
118 800 answers privacy issues: ‘We’ll tell you where we got your data from’
You’ve no doubt heard of 118 800: the directory inquiries service for mobile phones prompted predictable howls of outrage when it was announced last week. The 15 million-strong database was gleaned from buying mailing lists, among other things. We’re going to stick our necks out here and say we’re not bothered. We met with 118…