Insurers Are Spying on Your Home From the Sky – Wall Street Journal
Across the U.S., insurance companies are using aerial images of homes as a tool to ditch properties seen as higher… read more
Towards Informatic Personhood: understanding contemporary subjects in a data-driven society (Lee, 2019)
This paper explores the relationships of subjects in the context of data and data technologies, and advances an original theoretical… read more
I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets – The Guardian
I emailed Tinder requesting my personal data and got back way more than I bargained for.Some 800 pages came back… read more
Data Brokers Watch
We curate the largest publicly available database of data brokers and make it available to the wider research community. The… read more
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
Data Dealer [game]
Data Dealer, the gleefully sarcastic game about data privacy “Privacy? Screw that. Turn the tables! Become a data dealer and… read more
The Scholarly Fingerprinting Industry (Pooley, 2023)
Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, Wiley, and SAGE: Many researchers know that the five giant firms publish most of… read more
Most Desired Data: Whose is the most in demand, and how much is it worth? – Mackeeper
Provides an analysis of personal data profiles by demographic, and their value on the data brokerage market. Trading-card style infographics… 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