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Germany Halts Facebook Sharing WhatsApp Data
A German regulator has slapped a three-month ban on Facebook collecting user data from WhatsApp accounts and referred the case to an EU watchdog, citing concerns about election integrity.
Negotiations fail, threat actors dump more data from Metropolitan Police D.C.
Hackers stole more than 250 GB of data from Metropolitan Police D.C. Now they are threating to dump the data in public as negotiations fail.
Google’s Plan for the Future of Work: Privacy Robots and Balloon Walls
The company that helped popularize open office plans and lavish employee perks is trying to reinvent office spaces to cope with workplace sensibilities changed by the pandemic.
MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.
Japan’s Rikunabi Scandal Shows The Dangers of Privacy Law Loopholes
Ddata privacy scandal in Japan involving Rikunabi—a major job-seeking platform that calculated and sold companies algorithmic scores which predicted how likely individual job applicants would decline a job offer—has underscored how users’ behavioral data can be used against their best interests.
TikTok to address privacy and security concerns via transparency centre
Video-sharing app TikTok says it plans to launch a European Transparency and Accountability Centre.
Google Play to Require Android App Data Privacy and Security Disclosures
Beginning in the second quarter of 2022, developers submitting new apps and app updates to the Google Play store will be required to disclose certain information regarding their apps’ data collection, use, sharing and security practices.
Trump Justice Department seized journalists’ phone records
The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
Data leak implicates over 200,000 people in Amazon fake product review scam
An open database has revealed the identities of over 200,000 individuals who appear to be involved in Amazon fake product review schemes. Names, email addresses, and PayPal details were exposed and left online.
Margrethe Vestager explains the EU’s position in the global battle for data
Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for all things digital, gives us her insight into global data, data sharing, big tech, the Data Governance Act and the reality of policy and implementation.
Twitter’s Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.