TikTok unclear on how old EU data will be transferred to new Irish data centre
TikTok has admitted that it will not retroactively transfer all EU personal data to its new data site in Ireland […]
September 2020
Facebook Testing Implications of Privacy-Invading Tech By Invading People’s Privacy
Project Aria will send scores of Facebook workers into the world to record everything around them. On Wednesday, Facebook announced […]
Instagram Sued For Privacy Violations Over Unauthorized Camera Access
On Thursday in the Northern District of California, Brittany Conditi filed a class-action complaint against Instagram and its parent company […]
US bans WeChat and TikTok
On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced detailed sanctions relating to the mobile applications WeChat and TikTok. […]
EU Commission fears UK data protection regime ‘may change in the future’
The European Commission has concerns that certain aspects of the UK’s data protection regime may change in the future and […]
Facebook denies it will pull service in Europe over data transfer ban
Facebook’s head of global policy has denied the tech giant could close its service to Europeans if local regulators order […]
Shopify reports ‘rogue’ employees stole some customer data
The company’s software enables online shopping for other businesses, and in a blog post it revealed that two employees were […]
Facebook Threatens to Leave Europe Due to Proposed New Data-Sharing Regulations
Facebook has hit back at a proposed new regulation which would limit the sharing of European user data with the […]
EU seeks new regulatory powers against big tech firms
Powers could include the ability to exclude large tech companies from the single market altogether. The European Union wants more […]
Iranian hackers’ Android malware spies on dissidents by stealing 2FA codes
An Iranian hacking group made Android malware that appears built to spy on regime critics by stealing their two-factor codes. […]
Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or […]
Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital
It could be the first death directly linked to a cybersecurity attack. Experts have been warning for years that this […]