Category Archives: Legal

NYT – A face search engine anyone can use is alarmingly accurate

According to a New York Times article, for $30 a month a website called PimEyes will search through the Internet to find pictures containing given faces.  I uploaded a selfie of me and let it go search around to see what it could find. And it did successfully find pictures of me from the limitedContinue reading “NYT – A face search engine anyone can use is alarmingly accurate”

Meta updates Privacy Policy

In a blog post data 26th May 2022, Meta Chief Privacy Officer Michel Protti explains the changes, and in summarise them as below: We’ve rewritten and re-designed our Privacy Policy to make it easier to understand and clearer about how we use your information. Our Terms of Service is being updated to better explain what isContinue reading “Meta updates Privacy Policy”

Google Analytics in the EU

On July 1st 2023 Universal Analytics in GA stops. Welcome Google Analytics 4. You’ve probably seen the reports about the concerns from some regulators (France, Austria) in the EU stating GA isn’t compliant with GDPR. This was largely because of the transfer of EU personal data from the EU to the US via the GAContinue reading “Google Analytics in the EU”

Differential privacy

Interesting article from Apple on privacy: here Understanding how people use their devices often helps in improving the user experience. However, accessing the data that provides such insights — for example, what users type on their keyboards and the websites they visit — can compromise user privacy. We develop a system architecture that enables learning atContinue reading “Differential privacy”

Cookies…

OK, so cookies are actually only mentioned one time in GDPR, but that one time packs a bit of a punch. Natural persons may be associated with online identifiers… such as internet protocol addresses, cookie identifiers or other identifiers… This may leave traces which, in particular when combined with unique identifiers and other information receivedContinue reading “Cookies…”