Privacy

Apple's surveillance system in contemporary society

Paper

Gergana Mihaylova

29/05/2023

12 minutes to read

This article discusses how Apple surveils its users and influences their behavior through their multiple devices, violates their privacy, and exploits their data.

Ring Video Doorbell: privacy invasion delivered to your doorstep

Paper

Ruben den Boer

16/11/2022

13 minutes to read

Ring Video Doorbells ensure security for homeowners. Through a discourse analysis of Ring Doorbell videos posted on TikTok, this article answers the question: which privacy issues do video doorbells raise for the person on your doorstep?

Samsung Health: How self-tracking trivialises our ethical concerns

Article

Angela Veltman

06/02/2023

11 minutes to read

The high level of data sharing has become a common practice. This essay examines the Samsung Health application and its benefits and disadvantages on the users, using gamification, behaviour modification and surveillance capitalism.

The trade-off between privacy or public health

Paper

Noa Reijnen

16/05/2022

10 minutes to read

This paper aims to analyze how De Jonge and the Parliament have approached and reacted to a data breach at the GGD. The underlying question of this case is whether the Dutch society should value privacy or public health more.

How the QR code became a meaning-making practice during COVID-19

Article

Tinka Krikke

Laurinda Bokma

Simone Sprangers

02/05/2022

11 minutes to read

In this article, we analyze the corona QR code as a meaning-making practice and discuss its effects on society. The QR code was implemented to reduce the spread of COVID, but it's digital nature and meaning had an impact on society's resilience.

DNA tests surveillance and privacy issues: AncestryDNA, 23andME, MyHeritage, or none at all?

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/02/2022

12 minutes to read

Despite its wide promotion and millions of customers around the world, the DNA test services raise questions on how the businesses are set up and what the regulations behind it are.

The shift in the celebrity image of Meghan Markle

Paper

Tessa Willemsen

15/12/2021

15 minutes to read

An analysis of Meghan Markle and the shift in her image from being part of the royal family to deciding to take a step back.

Step, track, shop, repeat: how an insurance company motivates clients to stay healthy

Video

Lily Francois

Isabelle Cijsouw

Ania Borkusewicz

Linh Tran

Tram Thai

19/11/2021

The video explores how the a.s.r. Vitality app communicates societal health norms and how important notions in Michel Foucault’s work - the panopticon, social hygiene and care of the self - are applied to this phenomenon.