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23andMe's bankruptcy isn't just a finance story, it's a potential privacy crisis
IN THE SPOTLIGHT The ancestral testing juggernaut's corporate collapse opens a new — but not wholly unforeseen — front in the battle over who has access to your genetic data
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Data blunders put Japan's after-work boozing culture in the spotlight
Under The Radar Excessive alcohol consumption and an analogue work culture combine to create a recipe for disaster when it comes to sensitive files
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The Week Unwrapped: How the internet has changed the Amazon
Podcast Plus, anonymity for sex-crime suspects, and a bad day for French pride
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Making sense of FISA's strange bedfellows in Congress
The Explainer How a controversial intelligence gathering law is bringing progressive Democrats and privacy hawk Republicans together
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How helpful are mental health apps?
Under the radar Market is booming, offering accessibility and affordability, but many apps are unregulated and share sensitive user data
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Pentagon struggles to explain Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization
Speed Read The intensely private Pentagon chief kept even President Joe Biden in the dark about his illness for 3 days
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'The beginning of the end'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Alexa? How much do you know about me?
Smart devices are potentially sharing vast amounts of your personal data with social media and marketing companies
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Pros and cons of location sharing
Pros and Cons Safety benefits for parents and friends must be weighed against privacy concerns and malicious misuse
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The Week Unwrapped: Alien soil, cookies and long dogs
podcast Why does Nasa want to bring Martian soil samples back to Earth? Will cookie warnings soon be a thing of the past? And are dachshunds getting too cute for their own good?
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Whistle-blower claims Apple ‘ignoring and violating’ users’ rights
Speed Read Former contractor says tech giant has failed to act on his disclosures about ‘intimate’ Siri recordings
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Google Project Nightingale: tens of millions of health records gathered ‘without consent’
In Depth Search giant’s new deal with health firm could make it a key player in the medical tech race
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How ‘landmark’ right to be forgotten case will change Google search results
In Depth Search giant wins four-year legal battle against tougher privacy laws
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UN to set up global ‘snooper’s league table’
Speed Read Human rights expert to measure countries’ privacy safeguards
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