Privacy

What is 'Live Facial Recognition' and how dangerous is it?

Article

Lea Goeron

22/05/2020

11 minutes to read

In a more and more digitalised world new technologies are on the rise. This article explores what live facial recognition is and what dangers and possible threats it introduces.

Online proctoring: how the corona crisis makes some students more equal than others

Column

Linnet Taylor

22/04/2020

6 minutes to read

In the coronavirus crisis, many universities - including Tilburg University - set up online exams and proctoring to ensure students can graduate. Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University) highlights the problems this brings, suggesting alternatives.

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Online gravedigging, identity and privacy

Column

Mingyi Hou

10/02/2020

11 minutes to read

This article analyzes gravedigging as a digital practice, and illustrates its roles in online shaming and celebrity image management activities.

Why we let Web 2.0 become the modern-day Stasi

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

11/01/2020

14 minutes to read

This article contemplates how our "culture of connectivity" brings forth privacy issues reminding us of government surveillance in East Germany. How does this work, and how do we all contribute to this culture?

The Netflix series ‘You’ and the new stalking structures of ‘being social’

Article

Anna-Lisa de Boer

10/01/2020

8 minutes to read

The series 'You' is a representation of present-day stalking and cyberstalking. What is the role of users and social media platforms in stalking behaviors?

Self-Tracking Data and its Commercial Uses

Article

Marieke Hendriks

07/11/2019

14 minutes to read

The commercialization of self-tracking data introduces new privacy risks as a consequence of the 'biovalue' that health and medical information have in the digital data economy.

Dr. Ralf de Wolf on networked privacy and privacy management

Video

The Editors

11/06/2019

In this video Ralf de Wolf discusses the ways in which we need privacy in order to have a well functioning democracy, and the ways in which our privacy and our society are being threatened by a misuse of new technologies.

Can ancestry tests become a threat to our privacy?

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

22/05/2019

11 minutes to read

With the increasing popularity of ancestry tests, having our DNA used by big corporations might pose a threat to our privacy. This article analyzes the possible impact of such data-driven businesses on our lives.