invasion of privacy

VIOLATED: Facebook’s very own VPN app under “Onavo Protect” keeps tracking users even when turned off

April 4, 2018 -

Posted by David Williams

(Natural News) The internet used to be a relatively safe place. As long as you followed certain browsing guidelines, you could be fairly sure that your personal info was safe, and that you didn’t need to worry about shady individuals who were looking to steal it for their own personal gain. And in case your […]

in: Computing & internet, Technology

Health experts urge dentists to question your sexual habits to assess risk of cancer-causing STDs; dental professionals resist

January 22, 2018 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) Health experts have come to the conclusion that dentists should participate more in preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) and the cancers that are related to it by possibly asking patients about their sex lives in order to assess said patients’ risk of vulnerability to the disease. Around 79 million Americans are infected by HPV, […]

in: Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Men's health, oral health, Reproduction, Sexually-transmitted diseases, War on Cancer, Women's health

Android devices secretly funnel your private location data to Google (even if you have that setting turned OFF)

November 27, 2017 -

Posted by Ralph Flores

(Natural News) Information has emerged that devices operating with an Android operating system keep track of their locations. A phone’s location data is continuously tracked, even without the presence of a SIM card or apps running, until it connects to the internet where the data gathered is then sent to Google — all without the […]

in: Cell Phone Dangers, Computing & internet, Corporations, Google, Policing, Privacy & surveillance, Technology, Virtual Reality

New fingerprint technology will hint at “offender’s state of mind” – it also detects gender, recent diet and sexual activity

October 15, 2017 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) As technology advances, it often comes at the cost of our personal privacy, whether it’s GPS tracking technology, browsers sharing your history with advertisers, or smart TVs recording and transmitting your personal conversations. The latest major setback for those of us who are uncomfortable with so much personal information floating around comes in […]

in: Computing & internet, Crime, Culture & Society, Drones and surveillance, Future science, Privacy & surveillance, Science, Technology

Google will soon obtain private genetic data on hundreds of thousands of medical patients… without their consent

July 12, 2017 -

Posted by Rhonda Johansson

(Natural News) The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently ruled that the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust broke the law, as it failed to comply with the Data Protection Act when it transferred 1.6 million patient records to DeepMind, an artificial intelligence research group owned by Google. In response to the ruling, NHS signed an […]

in: Corporations, Culture & Society, Google, Human rights, Privacy & surveillance