An op-ed for TechCrunch looks at the use of big data and its analysis by machine learning and artificial intelligence, particularly as it relates to anonymized medical data sets. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler notes there is an assumption that as long as data sets are anonymized, active consent of indivi...

The Toronto Police Service announced it has abandoned its plan to adopt a gunshot detection system, The Globe and Mail reports. ShotSpotter incorporates a network of rooftop microphones to determine the exact location of a gunshot. Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General told the police departmen...

A former EE employee was fired after it was discovered he accessed the personal data of an ex-partner without her consent, BBC News reports. Francesca Bonafede contacted EE after her phone stopped working. When she visited an EE shop, she found out someone requested a new SIM card and switched the a...

A judge ruled in favor of London's Tate Modern art gallery in a privacy case, the Guardian reports. Tate Modern had been sued by the owners of four flats who alleged their privacy had been violated by gallery visitors who could see inside their homes from a top-floor terrace. The flat owners said th...

Reuters reports on the challenges legal professionals face with digital inheritances after an individual passes away. Aston University Senior Lecturer Edina Harbinja said the majority of countries around the world do not have rules on digital inheritance, and Protecture Senior Data Protection Lead R...