Tesla’s video footage of drivers raises safety and privacy concerns
Cars are increasingly equipped with cameras to monitor driver behavior, but Tesla’s use of the technology raises safety and privacy questions.
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Legal challenge seeks to stop ministers sending disappearing messages
Self-destructing messages are undemocratic, say transparency campaigners preparing judicial review.
EU’s Vestager has ‘reservations’ about online privacy proposals
Vestager stressed that “it would become a very confusing situation if there was a General Data Protection Regulation and ePrivacy legislation without the two laws being aligned.
Roskomnadzor proposes to restrict cross-border data transfer
Roskomnadzor proposes to expand the law on personal data to foreign Internet sites and restrict cross-border data transfer in order to protect the rights of citizens.
Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition.
ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of Individuals to Pursue Immigration Violations
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have bought private data containing millions of individuals’ phone, water, electricity, and other utility records.
TikTok Doesn’t Pose Overt Threat to U.S. National Security
The computer code underlying TikTok doesn’t pose a national security threat to the U.S., according to a new study by university cybersecurity researchers.
French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance
The US tech giant’s targeted advertising practices raise a lot of questions, the CNIL writes in a confidential note.
Lawmakers reintroduce legislation to secure internet-connected devices
The Cyber Shield Act would create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for internet-connected devices, also known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Credit Card Hacking Forum Gets Hacked, Exposing 300,000 Hackers’ Accounts
Credit card hacking forum Carding Mafia is the latest victim of the age-old hackers on hackers crime.
Amazon Subjects Its Drivers to Biometric Surveillance
Earlier this week, Motherboard revealed the company’s cruel “take it or leave” demand to its 75,000 delivery drivers: submit to biometric surveillance or lose your job.
Competition challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ of users sparks referral to Europe’s top court
A German court that’s considering Facebook’s appeal against a pioneering pro-privacy order by the country’s competition authority to stop combining user data without consent has said it will refer questions to Europe’s top court.