The Italian data protection authority used an emergency procedure to impose the temporary ban.
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The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy raises some important questions, including how to balance access to services with the need to protect children
Changes to Canadian law will affect how data can be collected and distributed.
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Does privacy law in Canada do enough to protect us from entities like tech platforms, retailers, the police, hackers and criminals?
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The platform has already faced bans in a number of other countries – most of them citing privacy and surveillance concerns.
Is a wildly popular social media app a threat to U.S. citizens?
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What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
An analysis of 12 popular apps’ privacy policies reveals a number of concerns, including confusing privacy messages and unnecessarily long data retention windows.
Going online often involves surrendering some privacy, and many people are becoming resigned to the fact that their data will be collected and used without their explicit consent.
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Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
While VR is still used primarily as a gaming device, it has the potential to move beyond the industry and revolutionize the way people interact with one another in the metaverse.
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If the VR industry is to experience the kind of growth that will make it worthy of the billions of dollars that have been invested in it, we need to view the metaverse as public infrastructure.
Satellite data isn’t collected and treated the same way location data are.
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Cellphones are constantly collecting location data from global satellites, but there is uncertainty about who is using these data, and for what purposes.
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The proposals from the Attorney-General’s Department could help bolster Australia’s privacy laws — but there are some deficiencies.
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ChatGPT is fuelled by our intimate online histories. It’s trained on 300 billion words, yet users have no way of knowing which of their data it contains.
Support for use of health data is conditional on whether the use has public benefits.
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There are concerns about how health data are used, but research shows support for uses with public benefits by health-care providers, governments, health-system planners and university-based researchers.
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Wearables and smartwatches can track your pulse – but if you’re using them to scan for irregular heart rhythms, there are some things you should know.
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Cyber crime is arguably the top risk now facing any business. But things need to change if cyber-insurance is to be viable for most.
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Credit checks and international co-operation are crucial when it comes to tracking down cybercriminals.
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Optus made a public announcement about its breach but was not legally required to do so. This needs to change.
The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department in Wentworth, N.C., is among the law enforcement agencies the AP found using the Fog Reveal location tracking tool.
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Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.
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The Australian government will temporarily suspend data-sharing regulations so Optus can work with banks and agencies to prevent identity theft.
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An additional verification step can go a long way to protect your online stuff – but not all methods are equally safe.
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With up to 10 million plaintiffs, a successful class action against Optus over its identify data breach could easily be worth billions of dollars.
Research comes with risks, so participants must be protected and supported as much as possible.
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Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to the participants.