Data privacy advocates and human rights groups led by the Foundation for Media Alternatives called on the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) this week to extend the period of public consultation for the PhilSys IRR. The groups expressed their concern over what they called “hasty proceedings”...
Researchers from the University of Melbourne called out this week the Australian government’s proposed data-sharing legislation, labelling it was “significant misalignment” that prioritizes the perceived greater good over respecting the individual’s minimal rights. The researchers highlighted that ‘consent’, a central tenet to best privacy practices,...
India’s Supreme Court ruled this week to confirm the legality of the Aadhaar, considered to be the world’s biggest biometric database. In a 567-page judgement, the five-judge bench decided that the benefits of the Aadhaar Act outweighed the potential privacy risks, but also said that...
The team behind the Vivaldi browser announced that it has released version 2.0 this week which offers greater privacy and customization options. The newest version of the browser now allows users to sync data across browsers on different computers. The will be uploaded to Vivaldi’s...
At the Senate hearing on privacy this week, Google chief privacy officer Keith Enright remained tight-lipped on the search engine’s rumored launch of a censored search app in China. Responding to a question from Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, Enright merely echoed statements already made by CEO...
At the Senate Commerce Committee hearing last Wednesday, several Democratic senators argued that the national privacy law being pushed by the tech industry might just be used to override California’s strict new data law. Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii said that a weaker, "non-progressive"...
Former Google employee Jack Poulson recently warned that the search giant’s exploration into the Chinese market could aid the country’s efforts in monitoring and censoring its citizens. In his letter, the ex-senior researcher said that Google is working on a prototype that would allow a...
Researchers from UC Santa Barbara recently created a system that uses Wi-Fi to detect the number of people behind obstructions such as walls. By measuring the attenuation of the wireless signal transmitted by a router outside of the room, the researchers said that they were...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently made public a 7-part proposal which details the Trump administration’s goals on transparency, security and control of personal data collected by internet firms. The NTIA called on interested stakeholders to provide their comments on the proposed framework which...
A recent survey from Dell showed that cybersecurity and data privacy have become the two biggest concerns of businesses in India at present. In a study which surveyed business leaders from 42 countries and benchmarked 4,600 businesses, around half of the respondents said that they...