Notices by Ind.ie (indie@mastodon.ind.ie)

‘In healthcare, better data demands better privacy protections’

“How can we explain what is going on here? One possibility is that startup nation advocates pushed hard to ratify the plan as soon as possible, because of its contribution to innovation; these advocates view considerations of privacy as obstacles.”

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/12/medical-database-privacy/

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/in-healthcare-better-data-demands-better-privacy-protections/2590

‘As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants’

“Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/as-facebook-raised-a-privacy-wall-it-carved-an-opening-for-tech-giants/2537

‘LinkedIn processed 18 million email addresses of non-users for targeted advertising’

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising-1

“LinkedIn processed the email addresses of 18 million non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission, an audit by the [Irish] Data Protection Commissioner has found.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising/2505

‘Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

“As evidence accumulated that Facebook’s power could also be exploited to disrupt elections, broadcast viral propaganda and inspire deadly campaigns of hate around the globe, Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg stumbled. Bent on growth, the pair ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/delay-deny-and-deflect-how-facebook-s-leaders-fought-through-crisis/2496

‘The quest to design an ethical social media platform’

https://theweek.com/articles/799415/quest-design-ethical-social-media-platform

“Ads are the traditional funding source for social platforms; they take users' personal data and serve it to advertisers who want their ads to reach a specific audience. This virtually ensures a fundamentally exploitative business model based on surveillance, says Laura Kalbag, a designer and the co-founder of digital justice not-for-profit Ind.ie.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/the-quest-to-design-an-ethical-social-media-platform/2464

‘Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales

“the deal, which has not been previously reported, could raise broader privacy concerns about how much consumer data technology companies like Google quietly absorb.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales/2333

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