Rowland Manthorpe reports: One of England’s biggest academy chains is testing pupils’ mental health using an AI (artificial intelligence) tool which can predict self-harm, drug abuse and eating disorders, Sky News can reveal. A leading technology think tank has called the move “concerning”, saying “mission creep” could mean the test [Read More…]
DW reports: A website registered on a Russian domain has shared detailed personal information of dozens of Hong Kong protesters and journalists. Observers view it as another serious blow to the city’s dwindling civil liberties. Amid continuing tensions between pro-democracy protesters and the government in Hong Kong, a website named [Read More…]
Graham Cluley reports: Once again concerns are being raised about the sorry state of IoT security, after a security researcher discovered over 15,000 private webcams that have been left wide open for anyone with an internet account to monitor. Avishai Efrat, a white hat researcher working for WizCase, identified thousands [Read More…]
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Asking to read an electronic ID card as a condition for the provision of a service (issuing a rewards/loyalty card) is disproportionate and in violation of GDPR, says the Belgian data protection authority. The company was fined €10,000. Read more on Privacy Compliance & [Read More…]