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The Surveillance Economy: How Amazon Uses Your Alexa Data to Drive Profits
By Jill Pineau on May 13, 2022 | Tagged with data, Data, Data Collection, privacy, surveillance
The Surveillance Economy: How Amazon Uses Your Alexa Data to Drive Profits Guest Post by Jill Pineau Voice AI assistants collect massive amounts of highly personal user data. Of the corporations that sell these devices – including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon – Amazon’s data harvesting is arguably the most concerning, as the company itself […]
Green Hosting: One Small Step Towards a Sustainable Future
By Nora Varga on April 15, 2022 | Tagged with Data, data, Data Collection, sustainability, web hosting
Green Hosting: One Small Step Towards a Sustainable Future Guest Post by Nora Varga The Internet as a Polluter Did you know that the internet is a major polluter? According to the Web Neutral Project, the internet produces about 2% of global CO2 emissions annually – the same amount as the aviation industry. And if […]
Nothing is “Neutral:” Passive Digital Footprints and the Perpetuation of Inequality
By Kathryn LeBere on February 4, 2022 | Tagged with data, Data, Data Collection, Digital identity, guest blog post, guest post, Social media
Nothing is “Neutral:” Passive Digital Footprints and the Perpetuation of Inequality Guest Post by Kathryn LeBere Have you ever paused to reflect on your passive online activity? How long you lingered on a post? Which links you clicked on while browsing? We all make thousands of semi-unconscious decisions when using the Internet. Our digital presence, […]
Are your Fitness Trackers Spying on You???
By Sheryl Lim on January 20, 2022 | Tagged with Data, data, Data Collection, digital tracking, fitness, guest post, privacy
Are your Fitness Trackers Spying on You??? Guest Post by Sheryl Lim Quantifying and tracking our physical activity, lifestyle, and habits is increasingly conveniently today. Gary Wolf termed this rise in self-tracking the “quantified self” movement [1], where people turn towards numbers to measure and interpret their lives. As wearable fitness trackers such as Fitbits […]
(Privacy) Check, Please!: The Privacy Implications of QR Code Menus
By Britt Dzioba on December 24, 2021 | Tagged with Data, data, Data Collection, Online Safety, privacy
(Privacy) Check, Please! The Privacy Implications of QR Code Menus There are many habits we now consider the “new normal”. Masks, sanitizer, and awkward Zoom hangouts are just some of the facets of daily life we no longer think twice about. As restaurants open and we can meet outside our screens again, one of the […]
Guest Post: Targeted Advertising and Ad Blocking Technologies
By Rachael Bradshaw on August 24, 2021 | Tagged with Advertising, Data, data, Data Collection, data harvesting, facebook, google, Online Safety, privacy, Social media
Targeted Advertising and Ad Blocking Technologies by Laura Moberg Have you ever wondered if your phone was listening to you? In an episode from their podcast Reply All, Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt investigate the belief many people have that Facebook is listening to us through our devices and using that information to create targeted […]
Guest Post & Quiz: Data Breach: Don’t Let it Get You!
By Rachael Bradshaw on August 10, 2021 | Tagged with cybercrime, cybertheft, Data, data, Data Collection, data security, Digital Security, Hacking, identity theft, Online Safety, password, pharming, Phishing, safety, security
Data Breach: Don’t Let it Get You! by Amruta Phansalker Check out the end of this post for a fun quiz to see if you can spot potential data breaches! We hear of data breach incidents often. But what are they exactly, and why should we worry about them? Did you know that your data […]
Guest Post: Algorithms and the Death of Democratic Discourse
By Rachael Bradshaw on July 27, 2021 | Tagged with big data, data, Data, Data Collection, facebook, google, Online Presence, Politics, privacy, Search Engines, Social media, surveillance
Algorithms & The Death of Democratic Discourse by Christian Koch Our entire digital history tracked— and is still being tracked. Platforms like Google, Facebook, and others collect data from links clicked, time spent on a particular page, whether or not the content is shared, and even the most seemingly inconsequential choices— all to build pictures […]
Algorithms and Your Data
By Rachael Bradshaw on July 6, 2021 | Tagged with algorithms., bias, big data, data, data abuse, facebook, filter bubble, google, police, YouTube
Guest Post: A Clear Cookie Jar: Discussing the Increased Autonomy of Our Digital Privacy
By Rachael Bradshaw on June 15, 2021 | Tagged with big data, Bill C-11, Cambridge Analytica, Data, data, data mining, law, laws, online privacy, privacy
A Clear Cookie Jar: Discussing the Increased Autonomy of Our Digital Privacy by Olivia Done We all have privacy agreement fatigue, often accepting all cookies on browsers and skipping new privacy agreement emails. [1] However, recent changes to EU and Canadian digital privacy laws provide us with more user autonomy over data mining [2], terminology […]
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