Google's 'Smart City of Surveillance' Faces New Resistance in Toronto Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 A plan to develop 12 acres of the valuable waterfront just southeast of downtown Toronto by the government agency Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. has sparked concerns about privacy and lack of public consultation. A recent slew of resignations from its board has made these concerns increasingly urgent and public.
The government owns your DNA. What are they doing with it? Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Some US states have created biobanks of genetic material left over from patient screening tests, with specimens potentially used for purposes that have not granted informed consent, bringing up disturbing ethical and privacy concerns.
NHS Patient Data to be Made Available for Sale to Drug and Insurance Firms Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Drug and insurance companies will from later this year be able to buy information on patients once a single English database of medical data has been created. Privacy experts warn there will be no way for public to work out who has their medical records or how they are using it.