News Update, Summer 2014

For a complete list of stories, see our full World Privacy Forum in the news page.

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 06 August 2014 , Blue Cross, Blue Shield team up to create huge medical records data base, Tracy Seipel.

CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 06 August 2014 , Blue Cross, Blue Shield team up to create huge medical records data base, Tracy Seipel.

KIPLINGER , 05 August 2014 , Retailers tracking your cell phone signals, Miriam Cross.

LOS ANGELES TIMES , 05 August 2014 , Online medical records coming, Tim Logan, Stuart Pfeifer.

Deutsch-Tuerkische-Nachrichten , 27 July 2014 , Mit Chip zum Sport: Gesunde zahlen weniger Versicherung.

COMMUNICATIONS DAILY , 25 July 2014 , Open source code gives data collection, use notification for consumers, Cory Bennett.

BUSINESS INSIDER , 09 July 2014 , How your doctor and insurer will know your secrets, even if you never tell them, Katie Jennings.

HENDRICKS COUNTY FLYER , 19 July 2014 , Critics push specious privacy pitch.

CSO , 15 July 2014 , Wearables: Are we handing more tools to Big Brother? Taylor Amerding.

POLITICO , 13 July 2014 , Electronic health records ripe for theft, David Pittman.

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER , 07 July 2014 , Millions of electronic medical records breached, Ronald Campbell and Deborah Schoch.

MONEY MORNING , 03 July 2014 , Facebook’s “experiment” is one more freedom slipping away, Shah Gilani.

WALLSTREETCHEATSHEET , 01 July 2014 , Data policy implicates unethical Facebook emotion experiement, Jess Bolluyt.

CURVED , 01 July 2014 , Facebook: Heimliche Studie ohne ausdruckliche Erlaubnis.

POLITICO , 01 July 2014 , Experts: Health records hack coming, David Pittman.

FORBES , 30 June 2014 , Facebook added “research” to user agreement 4 months after emotion manipulations study, Kashmir Hill.

CREDITCARDS.COM , 27 June 2014 , Do predictive scores violate your privacy? Kelly Dilworth.

GOVERNMENT HEALTH IT . 24 June 2014 , Could big data become big brother? Diana Manos.

FORBES , 20 June 2014 , Why a San Francisco coffee shop stopped tracking cutomers’ phones, Kashmir Hill.

FORBES , 19 June 2014 , Get ready for wearable tech to plug into health insurance, Parmy Olson.

BOBSULLIVAN , 18 June 2014 , Nine surprising ways identity theft can hurt you, Bob Sullivan.

THE HILL , 02 June 2014 , Privacy advocates eye new Apple feautres, Kate Tummarello.

CNN WIRE , 01 June 2014 , Stop big data from getting your health information, Melanie Hicken.

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