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Some Solutions To The West’s Overdose Crisis: Test Strips And Data

Aug 24, 2021

Fentanyl test strips and better data may be a few of the many solutions to the opioid epidemic and the Mountain West's spike in overdose deaths.

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National
Whitney Turner, an employee of the U.S. Census Bureau, holds an "I count" sign at a 2020 census advertising campaign event in Washington, D.C., in January 2020.

What The New Census Data Can — And Can't — Tell Us About People Living In The U.S.

Aug 12, 2021
No census has been perfect. COVID-19, Trump officials' interference and the Census Bureau's new privacy protections have raised concerns about the reliability of demographic data from the 2020 count.
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National
People holding umbrellas walk through New York City's Times Square in 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to change how it protects the confidentiality of people's information in the detailed demographic data it produces through the 2020 count.

For The U.S. Census, Keeping Your Data Anonymous And Useful Is A Tricky Balance

May 19, 2021
The Census Bureau must protect people's privacy when it releases demographic data from the 2020 count. Plans to change how it does that have sparked controversy over how it may affect redistricting.
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National
U.S. Census Bureau worker Marisela Gonzales adjusts a sign at a walk-up counting site for the 2020 census in Greenville, Texas, in July.

The Census Scales Back A Critical Step: Checking Its Own Work

Aug 29, 2020
With just three months to review the 2020 census results because of a last-minute change by the Trump administration, Census Bureau officials are scrambling to decide what quality checks to toss out.
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World
A pedestrian uses a smartphone while standing under surveillance cameras in Beijing last May.

In China, A New Call To Protect Data Privacy

Jan 05, 2020
China produces huge amounts of online data, much of it unprotected. A small group of advocates is pushing to hold people accountable for selling stolen personal info.
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Europe
In a country of 7 million, more than 5 million people in Bulgaria had personal data such as social security information, addresses, incomes and names leaked online.

Man Accused Of Hacking Bulgaria's Tax Agency Is Released And Given Lesser Charges

Jul 21, 2019
A Bulgarian cybersecurity expert was arrested by police after being accused of involvement in the hack of millions of records from the nation's tax agency.
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Technology
A man in Germany is said to have been sent the files after he requested to review his Amazon data in accordance with a European Union data protection law.

Amazon Customer Receives 1,700 Audio Files Of A Stranger Who Used Alexa

Dec 20, 2018
The incident reportedly happened in Germany after the customer sent Amazon a request for his own data. "This unfortunate case was the result of a human error and an isolated single case," Amazon said.
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Digital Life

Google+ Shutting Down For Consumers After Data Vulnerability Is Revealed

Oct 09, 2018
The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data.
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The Salt
At Shiru Cafe in Providence, R.I., students "pay" for coffee, but not with money.

No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data

Sep 29, 2018
For free coffee, students can provide their names, phone numbers, email, majors and interests. This information is then provided to corporate sponsors who want to "diversify students' career choices."
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The Two-Way
According to reporting by CNBC, Cubeyou collected data from Facebook users through personality quizzes "for non-profit academic research" developed with Cambridge University, and then sold the data to advertisers.

Report: Facebook Suspends Another Data Analytics Firm As Scandal Widens

Apr 09, 2018
As the company prepares to notify 87 million users whose data was misused by Cambridge Analytica, CNBC reports that Facebook is suspending Cubeyou over similar allegations.
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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Israeli historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari lectures on artificial intelligence during the X World Future Evolution on July 6, 2017, in Beijing, China.

Biometric Data And The Rise Of Digital Dictatorship

Feb 28, 2018
As historian and author Yuval Harari suggests, market forces and investor greed will keep moving the data revolution forward. But there are balancing forces to this onslaught, says Marcelo Gleiser.
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Law
An unidentified man walks in front of the Microsoft logo at an event in New Delhi, India. Microsoft is at the center of a Supreme Court case on whether it has to turn over emails stored overseas.

New Front In Data Privacy At The Supreme Court: Can U.S. Seize Emails Stored Abroad?

Feb 27, 2018
The Supreme Court to decide whether a U.S. warrant can compel Microsoft to turn over a user's emails stored in Ireland.
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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
This spiral pattern was created by binary (double) stars as they orbit each other. One of the stars is near death and blowing off its outer layers. The companion star's orbit carves the spiral in the dying star's outflow gas. The spiral is hundreds of ti

Science's Journey From Data To Truth

Dec 11, 2017
There's more to the scientific method than what you learn in high school: Scientists argue with each other, too, and the participation of nature, whose say is absolute, is key, says Adam Frank.
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Parallels
Mohammad Al Abdallah displays labels for tagging content archived in the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre's database.

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

May 31, 2017
A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.
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Code Switch
Protesters march during a May Day demonstration outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on May 1, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Where ICE Already Has Direct Lines To Law-Enforcement Databases With Immigrant Data

May 12, 2017
ICE documents show that for years, law enforcement agencies in hundreds of jurisdictions, including major sanctuary cities, have been feeding information into regional databases.
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The Two-Way
Federal Communication Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler joins hands with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel ahead of a February 2015 hearing in Washington, D.C.

FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission To Share Your Data

Oct 27, 2016
Internet service providers will have to ask consumers before collecting and selling their data. However, the new rules do not apply to Google, Facebook and other tech giants.
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Shots - Health News

How Your Health Data Lead A Not-So-Secret Life Online

Jul 30, 2016
Apps can make managing health care a lot easier, but most don't have the privacy protections required of doctors and hospitals. And a simple Web search can clue in advertisers to health concerns.
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Goats and Soda
Maternal mortality rates are going down because of better health services. Above: A mother nurses her newborn at a maternity ward in Sierra Leone.

The U.N.'s Rundown Of Some Of The World's Biggest Problems

Jul 23, 2016
A new report reveals where the world stands in the fight against extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
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All Tech Considered

Can Big Data Help Head Off Police Misconduct?

Jul 19, 2016
An officer who has been under stress after responding to cases of domestic abuse or suicide may be at higher risk of a negative interaction with the public, a data scientist says.
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All Tech Considered
From the Apple and FBI dispute in the U.S. to a legal case in Brazil involving the WhatsApp messaging service, U.S. tech companies are finding themselves subject to widely varying laws for cooperating with local police.

For U.S. Tech Firms Abroad And Data In The Cloud, Whose Laws Apply?

Mar 03, 2016
The FBI's efforts to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is one fight in a larger global conflict: Firms face varying laws for police cooperation and say a lack of legal standards is creating a crisis.
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Politics
Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign sued the DNC on Friday to regain access to its voter data files. But access was restored out of court after the DNC says the campaign provided them with information about data they had breached from rival Hillary Cl

DNC Restores Sanders Campaign's Access To Voter Files After Data Breach

Dec 18, 2015
A software glitch let Sanders staffers see data from rival Hillary Clinton's files. But Sanders said the retaliation went too far, and filed a lawsuit in federal court to regain access to the data.
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Politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

Bernie Sanders Campaign Locked Out Of Key Voter File After Data Breach

Dec 18, 2015
The senator's campaign confirms a member of its staff accessed the proprietary voter files of another campaign. Now the Democratic National Committee is locking Sanders' campaign out of the system.
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The Two-Way
The parent company of Chrysler acknowledges that it failed to turn over safety data as required. Above, a 2014 photo of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Fiat Chrysler Fined $70 Million For Failing To Report Safety Data

Dec 10, 2015
Automakers are required by law to turn over data about accidents, warranties and safety issues.
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All Tech Considered
Charlize, 8, plays with the Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera made by VTech in 2009. A recent data breach hacking sensitive information, including kid's photos, is prompting parents to look twice at their children's technology usage.

At School And At Home, How Much Does The Internet Know About Kids?

Dec 07, 2015
Look both ways when you cross the street and don't tell toys your name and address — privacy concerns are some of the latest worries for parents in the digital age.
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All Tech Considered
California Gov. Jerry Brown signs one of the hundreds of bills on Friday, among them a new law that is contains the most stringent digital privacy protections in the country.

This Week In Data Collection News, And The Privacy Paradox

Oct 10, 2015
As California tightened its digital privacy protections, news involving Google, Pandora and other firms highlighted the way companies increasingly rely on data about their users. How much do we care?

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