Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports, be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces...
Google has been in the hot seat this week over allegations that it was using millions of people’s health data to feed and build its own artificial intelligence (AI) health tools. The news, reported in The Wall Street Journal on Monday (Nov. 11), prompted an...
Google is currently collecting and using millions of people’s healthcare data without informing them, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The company is calling the initiative “Project Nightingale” and it involves data from millions across 21 states in the U.S. The company...
Ascension’s data leak has gotten worse, with original loan and mortgage documents exposed again online. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Ascension had suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of the country’s biggest banks. The initial...
March 04, 2020
A trio of senators are unhappy with Google’s response to queries about its healthcare initiative “Project Nightingale,” saying Google has evaded real in-depth answers on its partnership with Ascension, a large healthcare company, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Bill Cassidy and Elizabeth Warren wrote to Ascension, which is […]
November 13, 2019
Google has been in the hot seat this week over allegations that it was using millions of people’s health data to feed and build its own artificial intelligence (AI) health...
November 11, 2019
Google is currently collecting and using millions of people’s healthcare data without informing them, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The company is calling the initiative “Project...
January 25, 2019
Ascension’s data leak has gotten worse, with original loan and mortgage documents exposed again online. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Ascension had suffered a data leak that exposed more...
