Amazon keeps growing, and so does its cache of data on you
From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere.
Aug 23, 2022
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News tagged with personal health data
Business
What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They're all hyper-collectors
You walk into a shopping centre to buy some groceries. Without your knowledge, an electronic scan of your face is taken by in-store surveillance cameras and stored in an online database. Each time you return to that store, ...
Jul 21, 2022
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The private sector steps in to protect online health privacy, but critics say it can't be trusted
Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their use of an app is allowing that company to build a profile of their ...
May 25, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Efficient protocol to secure a user's private information when algorithms use it to recommend content
Algorithms recommend products while we shop online or suggest songs we might like as we listen to music on streaming apps.
May 13, 2022
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Internet
Will the metaverse protect our privacy, or will it exploit us more than ever?
The metaverse is more than the latest obsession of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. It's a three-dimensional world of virtual and augmented reality that we will be exploring—via our digital avatars—over the next decade.
Dec 23, 2021
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Security
Mass personal data theft from Paris Covid tests: hospitals
Hackers stole the personal data of around 1.4 million people who took COVID-19 tests in the Paris region in the middle of 2020, hospital officials in the French capital disclosed on Wednesday.
Sep 15, 2021
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Indiana notifying 750K after COVID-19 tracing data accessed
Indiana health officials said Tuesday they are notifying nearly 750,000 state residents that a cybersecurity company "improperly accessed" their personal data from the state's online COVID-19 contact tracing survey—a description ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Zoom to settle US privacy lawsuit for $85 mn
Zoom, the videoconferencing firm, has agreed to settle a class-action US privacy lawsuit for $85 million, it said Sunday.
Aug 2, 2021
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How safe are your data when you book a COVID vaccine?
The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Apr 15, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
A button that tells your boss you're unhappy: Why mental health wearables could be bad news at work
With gyms closed and millions cooped up and restless at home, it's little wonder that "healthtech" is now being billed as the next big battleground over which the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Google will fight. Chief among ...
Feb 9, 2021
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