This week’s headlines from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) have spanned privacy topics ranging from big data to healthcare. Deutsche Welle reports on privacy advocates at the MWC “taking big Internet firms to task this week for what they regard as gross privacy violations and the exploitation of users' tendency to click ‘accept’ without first reading a contract.” An Associations Now report describes the MWC as “ground zero for privacy,” and Telecoms reports on Orange’s goal of becoming a “privacy champion.” Meanwhile, Phys.org reports on insights from experts at the MWC warning that as more and more patients use apps to monitor their health, “Authorities and tech developers must stop sensitive health data entered into applications on mobile phones ending up in the wrong hands.”
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