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Even Our Medical Records Aren’t Safe

by Itzel Martinez | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Sharing Releases Control, You Can't Escape

In a recent privacy incident at Meritus Hospital, patients’ personal and clinical information was accessed by an employee of a third-party vendor for unknown purposes. This story illustrates that, whatever the reasoning behind a decision to share information, it...

Call for Ethical Use of Our Data

by Itzel Martinez | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control

Have we finally realized that our data is more valuable than a free service? Symantec recently did a report on consumer behavior that showed, for the first time, that customers cared more about personal privacy than the quality of a service. The article linked below...

CEO of Apple on Privacy and Encryption

by Itzel Martinez | Jun 8, 2015 | Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control

Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, gave a speech after receiving the Corporate Leadership award at EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event in Washington. (EPIC is the Electronic Privacy Information Center.) Mr. Cook touched upon three important topics relating to privacy,...

Alternatives for Passwords

by Itzel Martinez | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work

Strong passwords are important in preventing data breaches, but the top five passwords in 2014 were strings like “123456” and “password”, which are predictable. How can we then prevent cyberattacks from happening? TechNewsWorld covered a...

Operation “We Are Always Listening”

by Itzel Martinez | May 25, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Someone Could Listen

The Russian state television network covered a story of anti-NSA pranksters who have set up recording devices in public places across the city of New York to gather information, and help locate terrorists. The following article touches upon why it is important to...
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