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WhatsApp panics as users flee to rivals in privacy boycott

Business Agence France Presse - 14 Jan 2021

The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions

Tracking, tracing and transparency

Coronavirus Robyn Pasensie & Isäm Bartlett - 18 Oct 2020

Governments are processing tons of personal information to limit the spread of Covid-19. They must ensure this does not cost us our privacy

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Coronavirus Mandeep Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto - 11 Jun 2020

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

The ethics of Covid-19 status disclosure: To tell or not to tell?

Article Ido Aniekan, Akpabio Akpabio & Utibe Effiong - 2 May 2020

The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease

‘In Kenya, you cannot go anywhere without an ID. I don’t have one’

Africa Keren Weitzberg - 13 Apr 2020

Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali

New digital regulations mean the state can track you — no questions asked

Article Avani Singh & Michael Power - 31 Mar 2020

The provisions have been introduced to contain the spread of Covid-19, but some may infringe on certain constitutional rights

South Africa must implement privacy laws to protect citizens, says UN expert

Article Lester Kiewit - 12 Mar 2020

The UN says South Africa lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to implementing measures to keep private information safe from governments and corporations

Apple wants US privacy law

Article Lachlan Carmichael - 26 Oct 2018

The chief executive says internet users are under surveillance and companies use data as a weapon

Don’t be glib about privacy rights

Article Eusebius McKaiser - 8 Sep 2017

Eusebius McKaiser writes about the right to privacy for public figures but also discusses the 'grey areas' when it comes to public interest

Spy in the sky: Whose drone is it anyway?

Article Marie Huchzermeyer - 21 May 2015

Who was behind the drone filming a protest march: a private cameraman, an award-aiming film-maker, the media, or intelligence gathering machinery?

The flaw in factory resets

Article Liron Segev - 18 Feb 2015

A new service allows users to sell old phones and tablets, but deleting information before selling a device does not wipe your slate clean.

WikiLeaks: Google ‘violated’ privacy by disclosing data

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jan 2015

The whistle-blowing site has accused Google of handing information to the US authorities without notifying it until almost three years later.

Big Brother erodes our right to privacy

Analysis Staff Reporter - 27 Nov 2014

South Africans seem oblivious to the fact that one of their fundamental freedoms is under threat.

UK says spying program that may or may not exist is legal

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Jul 2014

The British government is being sued for monitoring activities exposed by Edward Snowden, but it maintains that it operates within the law.

Net privacy not just about ?’forgetting’

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2014

Do requests to delete data lead to an 'internet with borders'? Ombud Franz Krüger explores.

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Latest articles on Privacy

WhatsApp panics as users flee to rivals in privacy boycott

Tracking, tracing and transparency

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

The ethics of Covid-19 status disclosure: To tell or not to tell?

‘In Kenya, you cannot go anywhere without an ID. I don’t have one’

New digital regulations mean the state can track you — no questions asked

South Africa must implement privacy laws to protect citizens, says UN expert

Apple wants US privacy law

Don’t be glib about privacy rights

Spy in the sky: Whose drone is it anyway?

The flaw in factory resets

WikiLeaks: Google ‘violated’ privacy by disclosing data

Big Brother erodes our right to privacy

UK says spying program that may or may not exist is legal

Net privacy not just about ?’forgetting’

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