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Sunday 20 September 2020
The HSE has said it is important not to conflate issues with how Google enables apps through the store with the functionality of this particular app.
Lawyer Paul Tweed says it’s ‘absurd’ for such companies to claim they are ‘merely a platform, not a publisher’.
The app will record if a user is in close contact with another user by exchanging anonymous codes.
HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid said he was aware of one case where test results were shared with an employer.
Ed Bridges says his face was scanned while doing Christmas shopping in 2017 and at a protest in 2018.
The Welshman’s future remains a topic of discussion after he exercised his right to personal privacy over his latest lay-off.
The social media network has been dogged by several privacy scandals in recent years.
The tool was first announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last year.
Facebook said audio snippets reviewed by contractors were masked so as not to reveal anyone’s identity.
Residents in Direct Provision centres have claimed the practice is commonplace.
It’ll be the largest penalty ever imposed by the US Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations.
Police raided Richard’s home in 2014 during an investigation into a sexual assault claim.
The chief policy officer at privacy-focused web browser Brave recently testified before US senators.
Spanish football’s top league was reportedly attempting to detect pubs and bars that were illegally showing matches.
Confidential emails from the social networking giant reveal the local fallout of the September attack.
A report by the UK government has examined the tech giant’s role in spreading fake news.
In some cases, users could also watch a person before they answered the FaceTime call.
Apple is working to fix the issue.
Last week the Data Protection Commissioner said it will not publish its report in full, following an investigation into the rollout of the cards – which experts claim breaches data protection laws.
It was argued that the use of data arising from a criminal investigation breached Cormac Doolin’s data protection rights.
The NTA first announced its intentions to put routes up for competitive tender in October.
Border guards now have the power to demand your passwords and pins to open your smartphone.
The social media giant says the breach is something that is “incredibly important”.
The privacy issue affects some two billion Android users and hundreds of millions of iPhone users worldwide.
The action was taken over the BBC’s decision to broadcast a police raid on Richard’s home in 2014.
Woods, 42, will be chasing his fourth US Open title at Shinnecock Hills next week.
The previous minimum age was 13 years old.
Many of the changes are being put in place to comply with the EU’s new GDPR directive that comes into effect next month.
The High Court today set out a number of questions which the European court must answer.
To get authorised by Facebook, “advertisers will need to confirm their identity and location,” the statement said.
He rejected criticism of Apple’s Tim Cook who argued Facebook got into trouble because it was so focused on monetising people’s data.
The man has long maintained that, in being denied a PSC because he refused to get an adoption certificate, he was in effect being discriminated against.
It has been reported in recent days that Cambridge Analytica allegedly collected information from 50 million Facebook users.
The London based firm has been credited with helping Donald Trump win the 2016 US Presidential election.
The communication firm is accused of stealing information from 50 million Facebook users’ profiles.
A new Data Protection Act has to be in place before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live in May – but the Irish state seems in no mood to align itself with Europe on the issue.
The Public Services Card was discussed for the first time in an Oireachtas forum at the Social Protection committee today.
The social media giant has published its privacy principles for the first time.
Facebook is set to publish educational videos to help people better manage their privacy settings.
Just last year the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission accessed the telephone records of certain journalists during an investigation, writes Elizabeth Farries.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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