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Retailers Are Rapidly Scaling Surveillance of Australian Consumers — Why This Is a Red Flag

Tech Republic Security

Australian retailers are rolling out mass surveillance solutions to combat shoplifting, but a poor regulatory environment could mean high risks associated with data security and privacy.

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How Apple Gave Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps

The Hacker News

In July 2018, when Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) agreed to a deal with state-owned telco China Telecom to move users' iCloud data belonging to Apple's China-based users to the latter's servers, the shift raised concerns that it could make user data vulnerable to state surveillance.

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AI and Microdirectives

Schneier on Security

All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. China is experimenting with even more powerful forms of automated legal enforcement and targeted surveillance. Breathalyzers are another example of automatic detection.

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GUEST ESSAY: Top 5 cyber exposures tied to the rising use of international remote workforces

The Last Watchdog

For instance, if you have employees in China and the EU, you’ll have to obtain Chinese government approval to provide data from China to EU authorities enforcing the GDPR. Government Monitoring. In some countries, government agencies may monitor your employees’ web activity.

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NHS to share UK Patient data with a notorious US Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

News is out that the data will be shared with a notorious US Software firm named Palantir, whose core business is to supply information to companies that are into the business of big data and offering surveillance tech to firms associated with Military, law enforcement, and border forces. .

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Congress Passes Bill to Block Sale of Americans' Data to Adversaries

SecureWorld News

The legislation is aimed at preventing hostile countries such as China and Russia from obtaining bulk datasets containing details like Social Security numbers, health information, communications records, geolocation data, and other sensitive personal information on Americans.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. We need staff positions throughout the government: executive, legislative, and judiciary branches. So does society's underlying security needs. We need jobs to be funded across a wide variety of NGOs.