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Technological development has always outpaced privacy concerns, but never more so than in the past decade. Collection and centralization of personally identifiable information (PII), tracking of movements and digital surveillance are all at unprecedented levels. Regulations and laws are only just beginning to catch up to the ability of both governments and private entities to deploy these capabilities.

 

What exactly is there to worry about? The mass collection and centralization of data by giant multinationals such as Facebook and Google is as good of a place to start as any. Two decades of vacuuming up the personal data of users of various online services has created the most impressive marketing capabilities in history, but these profiles have astounding potential for damage when they are used the wrong way or fall into the wrong hands.

 

Unauthorized information that is captured in data breaches tends to find its way to massive “combo lists” that are sold and traded on the dark web. Social security numbers are added from this breach, home addresses and phone numbers from that one, personal health information from yet another. Soon, a frighteningly complete profile of millions of individuals is available to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

 

These are just the established data privacy issues. The emerging ones are even worse. High-quality facial recognition technology is just beginning to roll out across the public places of some countries. Artificial intelligence is not only making mass facial recognition possible, but magnifies the power and reach of any application that involves capturing and sorting information: scanning pictures, analyzing speech, sifting through text and location data. This threatens to not only shatter anonymity and privacy, but allow for highly advanced impersonation and take the concept of “identity theft” to new levels.

 

Some businesses chafe at the trouble and added expense of new and emerging data privacy regulations, but they are vital to both protecting rights and privacy and instilling confidence in end users. Customers want to be able to submit their payment information without worry about data breaches and identity theft, use services without wondering what is being done with their personal information and use devices without fear of surveillance or having location data tracked. The need for meaningful safeguards only grows greater as technological capabilities increase.

 

Singapore city with bubble chat showing impact of trust on TraceTogether COVID-19 contact tracing app
Data PrivacyNews

Police Have Access To Singapore’s TraceTogether App Data, in Spite of Earlier Assurances; Will Trust in Contact Tracing Apps Be Undermined?

January 11, 2021
Singapore’s early rollout of contact tracing included one of the world’s first mobile apps for this purpose, TraceTogether. Voluntary public uptake based on trust in government was key, but that trust may be shaken. Read More
Businessman walks in airport terminal showing potential immunity passports as COVID vaccine rolls out
Data PrivacyNews

Controversial “Immunity Passports” Debated as COVID Vaccine is Rolled Out

January 15, 2021
The idea of immunity passports demonstrating proof of a COVID vaccine to move about is being discussed by a broad variety of both government and business organizations. Read More
Singapore skyline showing plans for facial verification for national digital ID
Data PrivacyNews

Planned Facial Verification Scheme for Singapore’s National Digital ID Raises Serious Privacy Concerns

October 7, 2020
The government of Singapore is rolling out biometric facial verification technology as part of its national digital ID system, something that has privacy advocates concerned. Read More
Dashboard with data analysis showing privacy concerns with GCHQ access to NHS data
Data PrivacyNews

UK Health Secretary Grants GCHQ Access to NHS Data Sparking Privacy Concerns

May 8, 2020
The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has granted GCHQ access to NHS data, raising questions on the privacy of patient's health data during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Businessman with binoculars spying on users, invasion of privacy by tracking online behavior
Data PrivacyInsights

Invasion of Privacy: Tracking Your Online Behavior Across the Web

December 6, 2017
The new “Tracking the Trackers” report showed that 79% of all websites globally are secretly tracking your online behavior. Moreover, many are, in turn, forwarding your personal information to other companies. For many, the message is clear: it’s time to take back the web and end this widespread invasion of privacy. Read More
Silhouette of a hand holding a padlock in front of Facebook logo showing security flaw that led to biggest data breach
Data PrivacyNews

Facebook Knew About the Security Flaw That Led to Its Biggest Data Breach in 2018

February 24, 2020
For nine months leading up to Facebook's biggest data breach of 29 million user accounts, Facebook had been repeatedly warned about a security flaw which later ended up being exploited by hackers. Read More
Crowd of people walking on the busy city street
Data PrivacyInsights

Current Challenges and Opportunities with Data Analysis and Anonymization

July 26, 2018
Data that is properly anonymised does not fall under the GDPR but anonymization brings about challenges for data analysis. What are the approaches viable for use in a commercial setting? Read More
Drone preparing to take off showing remote ID requirements for drone tracking
Data PrivacyNews

New Rules for Drone Tracking Clears the Way for Package Delivery, but Remote ID Requirements Rankle Tech Giants

January 7, 2021
New FAA regulations came packaged with drone tracking rules, including remote ID requirements that some of the tech giants are objecting to from a technological and privacy standpoint. Read More
Man using camera to spy showing first FTC case against developers of monitoring apps
Data PrivacyNews

FTC Brings First-Ever Case Against Developers of Monitoring Apps

October 30, 2019
In a recent case against Retina-X, FTC alleged the developer created monitoring apps that provide online and physical tracking of individuals which could also be used for illegal activities. Read More
Social media applications on mobile phone showing social media platforms are the core problem to online trust
Data PrivacyNews

Should Social Media Platforms Be Doing More To Win Back Online Trust?

June 25, 2019
Recent survey on internet security and trust shows social media companies are the core problem to online trust which could affect future growth and development of the digital economy. Read More
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