Privacy
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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
By Richard Windsor Published
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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?
By The Week Staff Published
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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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Facebook ‘hides’ 1.5 billion users from privacy protection
In Depth Social network moves users out of reach of new European laws
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Google loses landmark ‘right to be forgotten’ case
In Depth High Court rules in favour of businessman who wanted his criminal past erased from search engine
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Criminals ‘more trusted with data than government’
In Depth Poll highlights public fears as the EU prepares biggest overhaul of data privacy laws in 20 years
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Sia posts her own naked pictures before paparazzi can sell them
In Depth The private singer exposed herself to beat the paparazzi at their own game
By Kyler Sumter Published
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UK unveils 'right to be forgotten' data bill
Speed Read Changes will give more privacy and allow firms to handle EU data after Brexit
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Germany orders Facebook to stop sharing WhatsApp users' data
Speed Read Social network giant told it is infringing law and must delete any information it has already received
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Amazon moves a step closer to delivery drone future
Speed Read Internet retail giant teams up with Civil Aviation Authority to trial delivery method in UK
By The Week Staff Published
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