China Has Stolen 80% Of American Adults’ Personal Data, Expert Claims
Chinese technology has faced many allegations of improper use of data, and this appears to extend to the medical information of US citizens, it is claimed.
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Washington State Introduces New Data Privacy Bill: The People’s Privacy Act
A people-focused, community-supported solution to the growing need to protect personal data.
Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020
That data includes shopping searches and data from its Echo, Fire, and Ring devices.
Belgian DPA imposes €50,000 Fine on Family Service
The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of 50,000 euro on the company Family Service for various breaches of the GDPR.
Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters
Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the US DoJ to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to fraudsters.
The Creeping Normalization of Robotic Police Officers
Robotic police officers are a rare novelty right now, but as law enforcement agencies across the world buy them, they’re quickly becoming normalized.
noyb brings Luxemburg’s Data Protection watchdog to court for refuses to act on US companies
noyb filed an appeal against decisions of the Luxemburg Data Protection Authority (CNPD) for dismissing complaints against US-based companies.
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature will be enabled by default and arrive in ‘early spring’ on iOS
You can now toggle IDFA sharing on a by-app basis at any time, where previously it was a single toggle. If you turn off the “Allow apps to request to track” setting altogether no apps can even ask you to use tracking.
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos
An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images.
Apple, Facebook Trade Barbs Over Privacy-Focused Business Models
Tim Cook criticized app-tracking tools that he said turn consumers into an advertising product a day after Mark Zuckerberg accused Apple of using its platform to interfere with how Facebook apps work.
Council of Europe calls for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology
The Council of Europe has published guidelines to avoid what it terms significant risks to privacy and data protection posed by the increasing use of facial recognition technology.
Facebook to give academics access to political advertising data
Facebook will open up targeting information for more than 1.3m social issue, electoral and political ads to researchers .