ZDNet reports Brazil will create a single citizen database containing the personal information of the country's more than 200 million citizens and share them across government departments. Data will be categorized as broad, restricted or specific and implemented in two stages: The first stage will i...

The New York Times editorial board wrote an op-ed making a case for U.S. regulators to uphold strong children's privacy laws. The board wrote the Federal Trade Commission has "an unusual opportunity" to "choose to study the issue in greater depth and ultimately make privacy protections stronger" as ...

The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. political campaigns are targeting voters with location data that apps can transmit from smartphones. The geofencing technique is being used by presidential campaigns, political parties and outside political groups to gather location data about potential voters. T...

The New York Times reports thousands of Illinois residents may have had their photos uploaded to facial-recognition database MegaFace without their permission. “Photos themselves are not covered by the Biometric Information Privacy Act, but the scan of the photos should be. The mere use of biometric...

Global News reports privacy advocates have become wary of a new citywide alert app in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Questions have been raised as to whether the Halifax Regional Municipality performed a proper review of the hfxALERT system, which officials admitted was not subject to a privacy impact assess...