Category «Privacy»

Privacy tech industry explodes

Axios: “Businesses forced to comply with a patchwork of state and global privacy rules have turned what was once a cottage industry focused on data and privacy into a multi-billion-dollar sector. Why it matters: As COVID-19 pushed consumers online in droves, companies — from Fortune 500 firms to the corner coffee shop — had to …

Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

How Do Spam Callers Spoof Phone Numbers to Appear Local?

Make Use Of: “Phone fraud, along with spam calls, is growing in popularity and frequency day by day. Scammers use various spoofing methods to trick people into picking up their calls and acquiring their valuable personal information. Knowing how scammers spoof phone numbers can help you stay protected from nuisance calls. Read on to learn how …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 6, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 6, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Legal Research, Privacy

The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras

Wired – “Video from the cameras is often used in facial-recognition searches. A report finds they are most common in neighborhoods with large nonwhite populations. A new video from human rights organization Amnesty International maps the locations of more than 15,000 cameras used by the New York Police Department, both for routine surveillance and in …

Subjects: E-Records, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 30, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 30, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Energy, Government Documents, Health Care, Privacy, Search Engines

The FBI will feed compromised passwords to Have I Been Pwned

Engadget: “Have I Been Pwned, the website that gives you a way to check which of your login details have been compromised by data breaches, is working with the FBI to grow its database. The partnership will give the website access to fresh passwords as they become compromised, depending on what the feds are investigating …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, ID Theft, PC Security, Privacy

How a largely untested AI algorithm crept into hundreds of hospitals

Fast Company: “In the midst of the [pandemic] uncertainty, Epic, a private electronic health record giant and a key purveyor of American health data, accelerated the deployment of a clinical prediction tool called the Deterioration Index. Built with a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning and in use at some hospitals prior to the pandemic, …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Building global open-access knowledge on Digital Self-Determination

“The Berkman Klein Center’s latest Research Sprint, co-hosted with Digital Asia Hub, explored digital self-determination, a multi-faceted concept that includes ownership and agency over one’s data, and what it means cross-culturally and through various lenses, including for example how digital self-determination can and should play out in areas such as health, the gig economy, and …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy