SURVEILLANCE, BIG DATA AND OPEN DATA TOP UN EXPERT´S PRIVACY AGENDA
(WorldNews Switzerland)

20 October 2017 NEW YORK, 20 October 2017 (Issued as received) -Governments must not release any personal data under open data schemes unless privacy safeguards are `bulletproof`, a UN expert on privacy has told the General Assembly in New York. Special Rapporteur Joe Cannataci said huge amounts of information were being gathered about ordinary citizens without their knowledge or consent. The impact of so-called `big data` - huge data sets which contain structured or unstructured information - and open data on privacy was alarming, the expert said. `I am concerned not just by the collection of this information, but that firms have the ability to sell or trade it and to link...