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May 14, 2021

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.

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May 12, 2021

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.

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May 12, 2021

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.

May 12, 2021

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.

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May 12, 2021

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.

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May 11, 2021

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.

May 11, 2021

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.

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May 11, 2021

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.