The average citizen likely does not know, at this point, what a "smart city" is, let alone about the types of data that is collected about them. At its core, University of Ottawa Juris Doctor Candidate Emilie Scott, CIPP/C, points out, "smart-city technologies are made up of sensors attached to real...

Researchers and students at MIT developed technology that makes it possible to see through walls to track and identify individuals, NBC News reports. The technology, known as RF-Pose, uses artificial intelligence to interpret radio wave data and is being touted as something that will prove useful fo...

The British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association released a 2015 study on the privacy concerns related to smartcars, hoping to highlight both potential privacy problems with the technology and further communicate concerns with the auto industry, the Toronto Star reports. The champ...

Current court decisions may decide the privacy of self-driving cars in the future, Slate reports. A Massachusetts court is currently considering Commonwealth v. Dorelas, a case looking at how specific a warrant must be before police can search a smartphone, the report states. That’s because warrants...

Wired reports on how data-labeling services are encouraging autonomous driving companies to share prized data in an effort to help driverless cars operate better. Scale API, a startup data-labeling company, sifts through data collected by autonomous vehicles, helping the car’s software recognize par...