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Privacy-preserving technologies 2022/23 spring

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Seminar 1: Analysis of the intended and emergent effects of new services

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  • Seminar structure (PET Seminar 1.pdf)
  • Seminar video (to be posted later)

Instruction for the seminar will be given in the lecture hall.

Topic 1: COVID-19 contact tracing apps (centralised)

  1. Article 1: Singapore is using a high-tech surveillance app to track the coronavirus, keeping schools and businesses open. Here's how it works.
  2. Article 2: Singapore Police Force can obtain TraceTogether data for criminal investigations: Desmond Tan

Topic 2: COVID-19 contact tracing apps (decentralised)

  1. Article 1: Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility
  2. Article 2: Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell

Topic 3: Mobile phone location data for COVID-19 response

  1. Article 1: U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus
  2. Article 2: They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.

Topic 4: Technology enforced COVID-19 quarantine protocols

  1. Article 1: Information Technology–Based Tracing Strategy in Response to COVID-19 in South Korea—Privacy Controversies
  2. Article 2: Major Security Flaws Found in South Korea Quarantine App

Topic 5: Secondary use of healthcare data (Estonian-speaking team members required)

  1. Article 1: Eesti e-riigi uus suur projekt: hakkame meie rahva terviseandmetega suurt raha tegema
  2. Article 2: Revealed: how drugs giants can access your health records

Topic 6: Corporate tax records

  1. Article 1 (two sources): One tenth of Estonian businesses pay 90 percent of state budget's VAT receipts and Taxman to business: not your enemy
  2. Article 2: Ilves Blocks Amendment for Sweeping Disclosures in Tax Filing

Topic 7: Passenger data (PNR)

  1. Article 1: European parliament set to pass passenger data law
  2. Article 2: Border surveillance: what Europe’s “PNR” ruling means for your privacy

Topic 8: Biometrics (Estonian-speaking team members required)

  1. Article 1: Plaan: ID-kaart saab PIN-koodide asemele sõrmejälje ning dokumente saaks iseteeninduskioskitest
  2. Article 2: San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology
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