‘It’s not even hacking’: Private medical data of millions of Americans is freely available online

Even though US law mandates data privacy and experts have issued repeated warnings, confidential details including CT-scans and X-rays remain widely accessible.

Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson, ProPublica

· Sep 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

The database, which has now been taken down, was hosted on a server without a password.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 05, 2019 · 01:37 pm

MySpace data loss shows that your content is never safe on the internet

It's a harsh lesson in not leaving your intellectual property unprotected on the information superhighway.

Paul Royster, The Conversation

· May 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

What ails India’s bedrock health survey: Exploited field workers, badly designed questionnaires

Many gaps need to be addressed in planning the fifth National Family Health Survey.

Sylvia Karpagam

· Feb 20, 2019 · 02:30 pm

Indian government made more requests for user data from Twitter in 2018 – and faced more rejections

According to the micro-blogging site’s transparency report, Indian authorities issued 355 requests till June, 26% higher than a year ago.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Dec 18, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Internal Facebook emails show it gave some companies special access to user data

The documents were released by a British MP on Wednesday.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 06, 2018 · 10:49 am

Two US Senators urge PM Narendra Modi to adopt ‘light touch’ on data localisation policy

The Reserve Bank of India has asked all payment system operators to ensure data is stored within the country by Monday.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 14, 2018 · 01:40 pm

Delhi’s move to collect Aadhaar, voter IDs of families of school students raises concerns

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says the data will be used to identify students from outside Delhi. But experts allege AAP wants it for targeted election campaigning.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Sep 13, 2018 · 10:30 am

Reality check: Cambridge Analytica saga is a reminder that surveillance is fundamental to capitalism

If people wish to regain at least some control over their personal data, they must challenge platform capital as a whole, not just individual players.

Ivan Manokha, The Conversation

· May 06, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Facebook users may have to pay to opt out of their data being used for targeted ads: Sheryl Sandberg

The company’s chief operations officer acknowledged the social media website’s mistake for not checking whether Cambridge Analytica had deleted users’ data.

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· Apr 06, 2018 · 01:51 pm

TRAI claims users don’t know value of their personal data – leaving it open to misuse

The telecom regulator’s consultation paper on data protection covers issues such as data ownership, security of data and the role of a data regulator.

Mayank Jain

· Aug 10, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Analytics firm hired by Republican Party exposes personal data of 198 million US citizens by mistake

The leak included sensitive information such as home addresses, phone numbers and political views of nearly 62% of the US population.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 20, 2017 · 01:12 pm