UK Mass Hacking Ruled Illegal
The UK High Court has ruled that the security and intelligence services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single ‘general warrant’.
January 2021
UK competition watchdog opens probe into Google privacy changes
Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ plan to remove third party cookies from its Chrome browser is being probed by a regulator in the United Kingdom over concerns it would be anticompetitive.
He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.
Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?
Intel launches RealSense ID camera system for on-device facial recognition
The system is designed to perform facial authentication on consumer-facing devices such as point-of-sale systems, ATMs and kiosks.
Facial recognition identifies people wearing masks
NEC developed the system in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Alphabet unit Wing blasts new U.S. drone ID rule, citing privacy
Alphabet Inc’s drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification of drones.
Australia’s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data
A government watchdog said the data was scooped up “in the course of the lawful collection of other data.”
Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis
Looser privacy standards for vehicle data are a treasure chest of data for law enforcement.
First ‘smart prison’ at Tai tam
The Correctional Services Department will introduce the city’s first “smart prison” to help officers manage inmates
NSO used real people’s location data to pitch its contact-tracing tech
Researchers say NSO’s use of real data “violated the privacy” of thousands of unwitting people.
Mobile Users Consented To Share Analytics Data With Developers, Google Argues
Google is urging a federal judge to dismiss claims that it violated mobile users’ privacy by sending analytics data about their web activity to outside developers.
London Girl granted anonymity to bring allegations that TikTok violated her privacy to court
A London judge granted a 12 year-old girl anonymity so she can take TikTok to court over allegations of breach of EU privacy law.