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Popular Bay Area cafe Philz Coffee is tracking how often and for how long its customers visit its various locations through smartphones, tablets, and any other Wi-Fi connected devices that are inside and nearby the shop — without asking anyone’s permission to do so.
ConnectEDU, a college and career planning site that collected student data, has proposed selling information as part of bankruptcy proceedings.
Technological progress should bring greater safety, economic opportunity, and convenience to everyone. And the collection of new types of data is essential for documenting persistent inequality and discrimination. At the same time, as new technologies allow companies and government to gain greater insight into our lives, it is vitally important that these technologies be designed […]
Facebook does something... sensible? *head explodes*
The idea was tantalizing, a firsthand account of the Troubles from those on the front lines, republicans and loyalists alike. Through confidential interviews, the Boston College oral history project would safeguard stories that might otherwise go to the grave, shedding light on a dark time.
To beef up protections for the personal information about students that schools may share with technology vendors, two prominent federal senators propose to amend a longstanding federal law on education privacy.
What makes the new, data-heavy advertising so cunning is that it creates the illusion that we're still making autonomous choices
Third-party service demands library-card number and PIN.
ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME. NO.
If you are using file-sharing systems like Dropbox and Box without proper care and attention, there is a risk that you could be unwittingly leaking your most private, personal information to others.
In which Facebook sucks. Again.
“Do Not Track” has largely been a failure.
Hoax illuminates serious issues about unavoidable and public data collection.