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Data Privacy – European Laws That Could Make Their Way to the U.S.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European law that protects the privacy and security of personal data of individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA). Since about half of the world’s population uses social media, it is crucial to make sure that your personal data is protected and not being sold. The EuropeanContinue reading “Data Privacy – European Laws That Could Make Their Way to the U.S.”

Challenging Privacy Ethics

Imagine if someone could make an algorithm that could predict how you act, think or even talk. Now think about how someone could do this simply based on your social media activity, not requiring a single in-person encounter to predict any of these things. This has been proven to be possible for years now, butContinue reading “Challenging Privacy Ethics”