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TWO RHODE ISLAND towns have recently ended their contracts with Flock Safety over concerns about the use of the data that is collected by the cameras. COURTESY FLOCK GROUP INC.

Towns, cities divided on concerns about Flock cameras

Tensions are high, and opinions are split among Rhode Island residents and municipal leaders regarding the use of Flock Group Inc. cameras designed to...
Anne ­Toomey McKenna

World Cup propels surveillance to new heights

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in history. It’s also the most surveilled World Cup ever. If you’re visiting or...
Sandra Matz

Privacy isn’t dead; Big Tech has made it inconvenient

“You have zero privacy … get over it,” Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999. What might have sounded like a bold...
A CLASS action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Providence against Hasbro Inc. by current and former employees in connection to a data breach the toy maker reported earlier this month. / COURTESY HASBRO INC.

Class-action lawsuit filed against Hasbro connected to data breach

PAWTUCKET – A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hasbro Inc. in connection to a data breach the toy maker reported earlier this month.  Led...

Employers have role in testing

Most local employers have already greatly contributed to controlling the spread of COVID-19 by following – and in many cases exceeding – state workplace...

The wrong way to protect privacy

Members of Congress are finally getting serious about protecting privacy online. If only they had some better ideas on how to do so. The latest...

Cities need scooter data

The great scooter schism was perhaps inevitable. Electric scooters – the latest tech-mobility trend – do more than move people from place to place....
RARE PROPERTY: Mary Philbin, an agent with Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, stands in the great room of a 3,600-square-foot, single-level, clapboard home set on 15 acres, abutted by conservancy land, in the Matunuck village of South Kingstown.  
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Requests for privacy are increasing among luxury buyers in R.I.

Luxury buyers want more than a beautiful view, modern kitchens and open layouts that allow them to carry on conversations across rooms with family...

Ronald Price named Chief Compliance Officer for Providence Community Health Centers

Ronald F. Price has been named Chief Compliance Officer for Providence Community Health Centers. He has more than a dozen years of executive health...

Capturing consent post-GDPR

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is an unprecedented new data-protection law that imposes compliance with stricter privacy rules, giving individuals greater control over...
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