Probably the best place to put this. Well reviewed article, decently referenced for the popular press. Particularly interesting that they were able to use an app, then pull their own facebook data, identify the extent to which the app name and the metadata was captured by FB. Particularly concerning both for privacy, and in light of the current interest in emotive analytics that the data science commercial world presently have.
https://jezebel.com/the-spooky-loosely-regulated-world-of-online-therapy-1841791137
It’s a real shame the recent review of NZ’s Privacy Act has not taken the opportunity to front-foot some of these issues - with a few exceptions it is largely based on the Law Commission’s 2011 report into the law of Privacy which is outdated for what is happening in 2020.
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A well understood concept in real life that many people don’t understand online. There is no such thing as a free lunch…
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