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.

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…
Period trackers and legal implications

Data Sharing / period, privacy

Given the current restrictions in the U.S., Kendra Albert, Maggie Delano, and Emma…
Facebook doesn’t seem to fully know how their data is used internally

Data Sharing / facebook, Motherboard, privacy

Lorenzo Franceschi reporting for Motherboard on a leaked Facebook document:
“We do not…
Tracking the CIA to demo phone tracking

Data Sharing / Intercept, privacy

Sam Biddle and Jack Poulson for The Intercept reporting on Anomaly Six, a…
Tax services want your data

Data Sharing / privacy, taxes, Washington Post

Taxes are due today in the U.S. (yay). Geoffrey A. Fowler for The…
Unregulated location data industry

Visualization / location, privacy, The Markup

For The Markup, continuing their reports on data privacy, Alfred Ng and Jon…
Crisis Text Line and data sharing

Statistics / Crisis Text Line, ethics, privacy

Crisis Text Line was sharing data with a for-profit business started by its…
Anonymized data is rarely anonymous

Statistics / privacy, Wired

Justin Sherman for Wired points out the farce that is anonymized data:
Data…
Virtual proctoring simulation

Infographics / bias, privacy, proctoring, YR Media

Many colleges use virtual proctoring software in an effort to reduce cheating on…
Family safety app sells location data to third parties

Data Sharing / Life360, privacy, The Markup

Life360 is a service that lets families keep track of where members are…

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