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March 12, 2021

Swiss voters reject digital identity scheme over data privacy concerns

A clear majority of voters in Switzerland have rejected a law governing a proposed electronic identity system.

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March 12, 2021

Broadband Carriers Should Seek Permission Before Harnessing Web-Browsing Data For Ads

“We believe that each and every customer paying for your internet service has the right to determine how their personal data will be used, on an opt-in basis,” Mozilla, the Internet Society, PublicKnowledge and others said in an open letter to the CEOs of T-Mobile AT&T and Verizon.

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March 12, 2021

Internet providers tracking sites we visit in secretive trial

Campaigners complain of ‘staggering lack of transparency’ around mass data collection experiment.

March 12, 2021

Gaps remain in industry guidelines for email-based identity tech

Some say the proposed guidance from its biggest trade group could have gone further in advising companies on how to gain people’s consent while complying with privacy regulations.

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March 11, 2021

T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers

T-Mobile US will automatically enroll its phone subscribers in an advertising program informed by their online activity, testing businesses’ appetite for information that other companies have restricted.

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March 11, 2021

Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals

A group of hackers breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools.

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March 11, 2021

Flaws in Apple Location Tracking System Could Lead to User Identification

An adversary could perform a location correlation attack and access location history, thus de-anonymizing users.

March 11, 2021

Apple hit with personalised ads complaint in France

A group representing 2,000 French startups filed a complaint against Apple on Tuesday, accusing the US company of failing to seek permission from users for personalised advertising.

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March 11, 2021

Surveillance Concerns Could Hold Up European-U.S. Data Agreement for Years

One of the European Union’s top officials has warned negotiations with the U.S. over a new data-transfer agreement could take years rather than months.