by Gerald Friedland | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Search Is Improving, You Can't Escape
A recent column in Scientific American explains how trading supposedly “anonymized” data about patients’ health history and prescription purchases has become a multibillion-dollar business: How Data Brokers Make Money Off Your Medical Records And an...
by Itzel Martinez | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Someone Could Listen, You Can't Escape
As a kid, did you ever dream of talking to your favorite toy? Well, this won’t be a problem for future generations. With the advancement of technology, toy companies have been able to keep up with children’s wishes. This year, multiple toys have been...
by Itzel Martinez | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, You Can't Escape, You're Leaving Footprints
It seems like, in today’s society, everything revolves around technology. Our devices often keep track of our daily activities — and our personal preferences. But who gathers this data and what happens to it? Make sure that you know how the Internet of...
by Itzel Martinez | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Sharing Releases Control, You Can't Escape
In a recent privacy incident at Meritus Hospital, patients’ personal and clinical information was accessed by an employee of a third-party vendor for unknown purposes. This story illustrates that, whatever the reasoning behind a decision to share information, it...
by Itzel Martinez | May 11, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control, You Can't Escape
This New York Times article covers the progress of police body cameras. We are now at the point where these cameras are being widely tested by police officers, and the question that seems to be troubling police departments is what to do with the videos recorded. Read...
by Itzel Martinez | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Online Is Real, You Can't Escape
With the release of the movie The Interview, Sony Pictures suffered substantially from attacks by hackers, including leakage of internal data from the company and threats of violence against movie theaters who choose to play the movie. Despite the efforts of the group...
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