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Police use of facial recognition raises concerns about racial profiling

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Bricks-and-mortar retailers adapt online tracking techniques for the physical world

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App-controlled vibrator sends manufacturer intimate usage data without permission

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Big data intelligence company builds advertising audiences from mobile tracking at Iowa caucuses

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Cambridge Analytica data analysis drives Ted Cruz presidential campaign

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Researcher finds security flaws in Mitsubishi Outlander

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Researchers test using smart card travel ticket data to find pickpockets

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Image recognition software fails at automated tagging

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False tweet sparks market crash via automated trading

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Organised crime finds value in the digital waste dump of Ghana's Agbogbloshie

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Wearable sensors seek to reinvent medical testing

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Study uses wearable device to monitor children's screen time

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French supermarket uses LED lighting system to send shoppers promotions

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Embedded racism determines online advertising placement

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Data privacy law may halt Austrian smart meter plans

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Satellite system for detecting human rights abuses may also provide help to attackers

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Satellite images of rooftops provide poverty indicators

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Cheap Android phones caught sending user data to Chinese servers

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Educational technology poses risks to student privacy

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The decline of broadcasting and the rise of microtargeting mean a nation of angry, divided people

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Facial recognition app may end public anonymity in Russia

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Seemingly unimportant fitness tracker data enables intimate insights

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Singapore enhances smart city programme with pervasive data collection

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Kuwait passes law requiring national DNA sampling

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Royal Parks covertly tracks visitors via mobile phone data

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Medellin soccer stadium uses facial recognition to build hooligan blacklist

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Research shows that users can be uniquely identified from just four apps

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Researchers release a dataset of 70,000 users' OkCupid profiles and call the data "public"

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"Anonymised" health data vulnerable to reidentification