Duan QianQian reports: The Beijing Genomics Institute has denied any wrongdoing related to its collection of samples from over 100,000 pregnant women. There is no leak of data related to these genetic resources that are stored in the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen, the genome sequencing center said in a reply letter yesterday to an inquiry…
Month: October 2018
Coral Gables resident sues city over ‘Big Brother’ surveillance of cars on the street
Sarah Blaskey reports: A Coral Gables resident is suing the “City Beautiful” over a license plate reader system that law enforcement officials say captures data on almost every vehicle that enters or leaves the city. The plaintiff, Raul Mas Canosa, says the collection and retention of vehicle movement data by license plate readers is a…
Hospital is the first in the country to issue patients with electronic wristbands that track their movements through ‘big brother’ style technology
Alexandra Thompson reports: A hospital has become the first to issue all staff and patients with electronic ‘wristbands’ to track their movements through ‘big brother’ style technology. In an NHS trial, the Countess of Chester Hospital, in Cheshire, has more than 4,000 infrared sensors above beds and doorways that read data chips on patients’ and…
‘Remini’ App Used by Schools Left Personal Info Open to the World
Joseph Cox reports: Remini, a smartphone app that launched in 2013, aims to provide parents and educators with a social network to follow a child’s progress throughout school and their early life, documenting important milestones and letting parents share images with their child’s school. But Remini exposed these, and the personal information of its users…