privacy

When data is flowing, it’s important we keep watch on who has access to our identities, activities, and the things and people we love.

Airlines sell passenger flight data to Customs and Border Protection

Data Sharing / 404 Media, airlines, ethics, flight, privacy

While there are laws in the U.S. to protect some of your privacy…
Marketplace for government agencies to buy all the personal data about Americans

Data Sharing / Intercept, privacy

For the Intercept, Sam Biddle reports on government plans for a one-stop shop…
Undisclosed surveillance with facial recognition in New Orleans

Statistics / facial recognition, privacy, Washington Post

For The Washington Post, Douglas MacMillan and Aaron Schaffer report on a system…
Privacy from data brokers canceled

Data Sharing / CFPB, data brokers, ethics, privacy, Wired

Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new rule that would…
Ignoring citizens’ privacy to build a centralized database and track people

Data Sharing / DOGE, immigration, privacy, Wired

DOGE is taking agency data in an effort to compile a master database…
DOGE possibly extracted data from National Labor Relations Board, whistleblower discloses

Data Sharing / DOGE, government, NLRB, NPR, privacy

DOGE engineers were at the NLRB for a week but didn’t specify what…
23andMe files for bankruptcy

Data Sharing / 23andMe, ethics, privacy

23andMe, the business predicated on people sending cheek swabs to have their DNA…
Geolocating photos automatically

Artificial Intelligence / 404 Media, geolocation, GeoSpy, privacy

GeoSpy is an AI tool that geolocates outdoor photos. It’s currently pitched as…
Military location data that anyone can buy legally

Data Sharing / location, military, privacy, Wired

For Wired, Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron, in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk and…
DNA face to facial recognition in attempt to find suspect

Statistics / crime, DNA, ethics, facial recognition, privacy, Wired

In an effort to find a suspect in a 1990 murder, there was…
Finding a troll’s identity

Data Sharing / privacy, TikTok, trolls

A troll kept leaving comments on a woman’s TikTok videos, so she figured…
Oddly specific ad profiles

Data Sharing / advertising, privacy, The Markup

Advertising funds a big chunk of the web, but for advertisers to continue…
A portrait of your stolen identity in data breaches

Infographics / ABC News, breaches, privacy

You’ve probably heard about big data breaches over the years. They’re in the…
Data warehouse at the supermarket

Data Sharing / Albertsons, grocery, Kroger, privacy, The Markup

Grocery stores with loyalty programs collect data on what and when you buy…
Sleuthing for birth dates, with just TikTok profiles as clue

Data Sharing / notkahnjunior, privacy, TikTok

TikTok user notkahnjunior figures out people’s birth dates through the psuedo-privacy of the…
Luxury surveillance

Self-surveillance / Amazon, Atlantic, Chris Gilliard, privacy

Chris Gilliard, for The Atlantic, describes self-surveillance that people pay for in exchange…
Border enforcement data collection

Data Sharing / government, privacy, Washington Post

Drew Harwell, for The Washington Post, reporting on a growing database and who…
Open cameras and AI to locate Instagram photos

Data Sharing / AI, Dries Depoorter, Instagram, privacy, surveillance

Dries Depoorter recorded video from open cameras for a week and scraped Instagram…
Tracked while reading about being tracked at work

Infographics / New York Times, privacy, productivity, tracking, work

While reading this NYT article, by Jodi Kantor and Arya Sundaram, on the…
Where the data from your car flows

Data Sharing / car, privacy, The Markup

Jon Keegan and Alfred Ng, for The Markup, identified 37 companies that collect…

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