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International consumer groups say new GDPR consent forms obscure extent of data sharing
2018-06-28 12:39:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Norwegian Consumer Council, alongside other international consumer and privacy groups, has issued a report called 'Deceived by Design', and asked for their concerns to be discussed by the European Data Protection Board. The Norwegian body, Consumers International, Privacy International, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and ANEC, say large internet companies are manipulating the public into sharing personal details while giving the illusion of control.
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Equal pay: What is the extent of the problem?
2018-01-08 18:59:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Carrie Gracie's resignation at the BBC got us wondering how widespread the problem is in the UK.
NASA images reveal extent of human impact on Earth
2016-09-06 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A new documentary made with the help of NASA is a stark reminder of just how big an impact humans have had on the planet, according to a former astronaut who served as a space consultant on the project. Marsha Ivins was first selected into the NASA Astronaut Class of 1984 as a mission specialist and has since logged more than 1,300 hours in space. "[The idea] for this documentary was to show people not just life on board a space station ... but the footprint that we as human beings have put...
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2016 Arctic sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low
2016-03-29 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. Every year, the cap of frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas melts during the spring and summer and grows back in the fall and winter months, reaching its maximum yearly extent between February and April. On March 24, Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 5.607...
Arctic sea ice extent breaks record low for winter
2016-03-28 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A record expanse of Arctic sea never froze over this winter and remained open water as a season of freakishly high temperatures produced deep and likely irreversible changes on the far north. Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre said on Monday that the sea ice cover attained an average maximum extent of 14.52m sq km (5.607m sq miles) on 24 March, the lowest winter maximum since records began in 1979. The low beats a record set only last year of 14.54m sq km (5.612m sq miles),...