Tag: data protection
Facebook stops facial recognition function – economy
According to its own information, Facebook is abolishing the face recognition function with which users can be automatically tagged on photos. Stored data for identifying the faces of more than…
The car as a witness – How modern vehicles collect data – Auto & Mobil
Berlin, June 2019. A Tesla drives through a side street in the Tempelhof district. Cars are parked on the side of the road, and a dog is sniffing a give-way…
Allegations against AI company DeepMind: privacy of British patients violated
A lawsuit against AI company DeepMind is being initiated in the UK. In 2015, Google subsidiary DeepMind had access to medical data from 1.6 million patients in the UK healthcare…
Why Protonmail is Safe but Not Perfect – Economy
from Isabel Pfaff, Zurich Andy Yen asks for a bare office in Zurich-West. A table, three chairs, and a screen on the floor that actually belongs on the wall. “It…
What price can it have to protect children? An essay. – Business
This text revolves around one of the most terrifying crimes human beings can do: abuse of children. Disgusting hate comments can be found on social media, weapons are traded on…
Does the new data protection act harm online media companies – media
Champagne mood in Silicon Valley with data collectors like Google and Facebook, the feeling of painful defeat in the media houses of Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. Yes, we Germans are…
Google Cloud: “US authorities don’t get access from us” – Economy
Of Simon Hurtz, Berlin Daniel Holz started his new job under difficult conditions: So far, he has only known most of his colleagues from screens, although he switched from SAP…