Tag Archives: data privacy

Location Data Privacy

Posted on August 17, 2020 by way0utwest

I caught a post from Bruce Schneier that references an article about a company collecting location data from numerous apps (WSJ, AndroidAuthority). This is legal, though the company has ties to the US government. As expected, there are people upset … Continue reading →

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Adapting Privacy

Posted on July 21, 2020 by way0utwest

Lawyers will be lawyers. That’s a quote from a piece at Ars Technica on how and why search engine startup Neeva changed their privacy policy. Their business model relied on users paying Neeva to keep their data private. The goal … Continue reading →

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The Social Impact of Data

Posted on June 6, 2020 by way0utwest

Let the data drive your decisions. This has been something of a mantra for many technical people, and even many business people, across the last twenty or so years. The allure of business intelligence is harnessing lots of data to … Continue reading →

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When Will Privacy Matter?

Posted on March 31, 2020 by way0utwest

More and more people are becoming concerned about data privacy. There’s more advocacy, and this shows in more laws being passed around the world. Those are good steps forward, but those rules and restrictions are just the lowest bar of … Continue reading →

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