Online Privacy
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Officers warn about the dangers in your kid’s back-to-school photosOfficers are warning that back-to-school photos with placards or boards showing fun facts about your kid can have personal information, and that could risk the safety of your kids.CanadaAug 30, 2022
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Here’s what you need to know about online privacy in a post-Roe worldFacebook owner Meta said it received a legal warrant from law enforcement about the case, which did not mention the word "abortion."TechAug 10, 2022
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Furey won’t investigate N.S. RCMP’s purchase of tool that can ‘unlock’ private friends listsNova Scotia RCMP confirms it used the Web Identity Search Tool software between 2017 and 2018, but says it did not use it to search privatized friends lists.CrimeDec 14, 2020
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Zuckerberg defends Facebook’s refusal to remove ‘newsworthy’ content that violates standardsFacebook, Google, Twitter and other companies are trying to oversee internet content while also avoiding infringing on First Amendment rights. The pendulum has swung recently toward restricting hateful speech that could spawn violence.TechOct 17, 2019
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Humans were transcribing Facebook Messenger and Skype audioTranscriptions done by humans raise bigger concerns because of the potential of rogue employees or contractors leaking details.TechAug 14, 2019
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Russia wants Tinder data — but info could be used to target LGBTQ2 usersThis month, the Russian Communications Oversight Agency added Tinder to the list of companies required to hand over information to the country's intelligence agencies.TechJun 3, 2019
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Tech companies and politicians meeting in Ottawa to discuss privacy, disinformationThe international grand committee on big data, privacy and democracy is meeting in Ottawa for three days starting Monday.CanadaMay 26, 2019
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Facebook is too powerful and needs to break up, co-founder argues"Mark [Zuckerberg] is a good, kind person. But I'm angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks," Chris Hughes said in a New York Times opinion piece.NewsMay 9, 2019
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Google beefs up privacy measures — but some experts aren’t impressedSome critics say Google’s privacy updates sidestep more substantial changes that could threaten its ad-driven business model.ConsumerMay 8, 2019
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Amazon team that monitors Alexa can access user locations: reportA group of Amazon staff tasked with monitoring a fraction of Alexa recordings can view location data, according to a report.NewsApr 24, 2019
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