Tag: data privacy

The Clearview AI Controversy Breakdown

March 6, 2020

Imagine someone being able to take your photo, and learn all your personal information. Scary right? This has to be impossible? In this day in age, something like this is possible through the company, Clearview AI. As of recent, the tech startup, Clearview AI has been in the hot seat as far as data privacy goes. Why you may ask? Well, we will get into that in a little bit. First, let’s take a look at who Clearview AI is. Who is Clearview AI? To begin, Clearview AI is a privately held, US based, facial recognition software company. The software they created is, in their words, “a… Read More

Data Privacy Day and Facebook’s New Privacy Feature

January 31, 2020

Would you have ever thought that “Facebook” and “privacy” would ever be spoken together in a somewhat positive respect? Me either. After Facebook’s many scandals regarding privacy, the only place to go for the company is up … or is it? Thank you for your data! Have you ever heard the phrase that sometimes things get worse before they get better? Well, that may be the case for social media giant, Facebook. In 2019, Facebook was the culprit in one of the biggest privacy scandals of all time. The personally identifiable information of over 87 million people and Facebook users became accessible through Cambridge Analytica. Companies then… Read More