E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance – Fast Company
In November, a report from Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) exposed the atrocious privacy practices of the world’s… read more
How Americans View Data Privacy – Pew Research Center
In an era where every click, tap or keystroke leaves a digital trail, Americans remain uneasy and uncertain about their… read more
Tech Inquiry
Tech Inquiry combines government purchasing across more than thirty countries with lobbying records, tax filings, reporting, and manually tagged associations… read more
Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking – FTC Office of Technology
Tracking pixels have evolved from tiny, pixel-sized images on web pages for tracking purposes to include a broad range of… read more
The ICSI Haystack Panopticon
This interactive map shows the presence of tracking libraries and services on Android mobile apps. Includes preinstalled/unlisted apps, free apps,… read more
Dark Patterns: Surveillance Capitalism and Business Ethics Workshop
This workshop engages participants in exploring corporate data collection, personal profiling, deceptive design, and data brokerage practices. Workshop content is… read more
Corporate Surveillance in Everyday Life – Cracked Labs
Report: How thousands of companies monitor, analyze, and influence the lives of billions. Who are the main players in today’s… read more
Cracked Labs – Infographics
The images are part of both the report and web publication “Corporate Surveillance in Everyday Life” (Cracked Labs, June 2017)…. read more
Tim Hortons coffee app broke law by constantly recording users’ movements – Ars Technica
Canadian investigators determined that users of the Tim Hortons coffee chain’s mobile app “had their movements tracked and recorded every… read more
Beyond Sunglasses and Spray Paint: A Taxonomy of Surveillance Countermeasures (Shay, Conti & Hartzog, 2013)
The rapid decline in size and cost of networked sensors combined with increased incentives for use including monitoring physical fitness,… read more