Facebook appoints ‘privacy committee’ on its board

Facebook has created a ‘privacy committee’ on its board of directors as part of the company’s $5billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.   Members of the panel, which will be responsible for overseeing risks related to privacy and data use, were named in a financial filing on Wednesday, Business Insider … Read more

US Senate votes AGAINST American’s internet privacy as it fails to amend parts of the Patriot Act

The US Senate voted Wednesday on an amendment to the Patriot Act that would prevent law enforcement from seizing American’s internet browsing and search history without a warrant. The bill required 60 supporting votes to pass and the final tally came up with only 59 ayes and 37 nays – but the failure was only … Read more

Should we really risk our privacy to protect lives?

Julie Burchill (pictured) says it’s ludicrous pleading privacy while broadcasting our lives online YES  by Julie Burchill, writer and broadcaster  People who go into attention-seeking professions often bleat that they are ‘very private people’. I’m not like that. I’ve been what is crudely known as an ‘attention whore’ ever since I became a teenage journalist, … Read more

ACLU warns contact tracing apps monitoring spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks

ACLU warns contact tracing apps designed to monitor spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks if they do not have proper safeguards The ACLU says contact tracing apps will have to be made with privacy in mind It said that apps could have significant privacy risks if not designed properly Among other things the … Read more

Whistleblower Edward Snowden warns citizens’ privacy will suffer after the coronavirus is over

Edward Snowden, the famous whistleblower who leaked information from the National Security Agency in 2012, has come out of hiding to share a warning with the world about the coronavirus. Snowden told Vice that governments could exploit the coronavirus pandemic in order to keep their control over the public. The cautionary words comes at a … Read more

Tom Brady says Florida mansion he shares with Gisele Bundchen lacks privacy

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s new mansion in Tampa, Florida, lacks privacy. The 39-year-old model and Tom, 42, have recently relocated to the state following his switch from the New England Patriots NFL franchise to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – but Tom admits their transition hasn’t been entirely seamless. ‘Where I lived in Chestnut Hill, … Read more

Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs

Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs such as MRSA University of Michigan experts studied curtains found on 625 specialist wards Around one in five of them – 22% – were harbouring MRSA or other killer bacteria The findings are concerning because privacy curtains are used around the world  By Victoria Allen for the … Read more