Pierre Valade, founder of the Jumbo internet privacy app, was misquoted as suggesting that people concerned about privacy did not need to “stop using their phone, move to India, take hash and live in the mountains”. In fact he said “…pay cash and live in the mountains”. (“The apps that protect you from your apps”, 16 February, New Review)
An article (“New attorney general is in controversial Buddhist sect”, News) described Triratna as “one of Buddhism’s largest sects”. Worldwide numbers of followers are unknown and we should have said only that it is one of the largest in the UK.
A wellbeing feature took a liberty in referring to John Stuart Mill as John Stewart Mill (“How can we apply lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today?” Magazine)
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