Military Intelligence Agency Says It Monitored U.S. Cellphone Movements Without Warrant
The U.S. government is using app-generated marketing data based on the movements of millions of cellphones around the country for some forms of law enforcement.
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Monitoring of Employees Faces under Scrutiny in Europe
European privacy regulators are scrutinizing how employers collect workers’ personal data and dishing out multimillion-dollar fines for violations.
ICO resumes adtech investigation
In May 2020, UK’s information Commissioner’s Office paused investigation into real time bidding (RTB) and the adtech industry. Now it is resumed.
An EU parliament website for COVID testing allegedly broke the EU’s privacy laws
The European Parliament is being investigated by the European Data Protection Supervisor after allegations that its COVID testing website didn’t meet EU privacy standards.
A Home Security Tech Hacked Into Cameras To Watch People Undressing And Having Sex
Telesforo Aviles admitted he took note of homes where attractive women lived and hacked into more than 200 accounts over several years.
Portland Becomes First Jurisdiction to Ban Certain Uses of Facial Recognition by Private Businesses
In an effort to ameliorate the potential discriminatory impact of facial recognition technologies on people of color, women, and other groups, Portland, Ore., recently joined a growing number of jurisdictions limiting the use of facial recognition technology.
Evaluating the Privacy of Covid-19 At-Home Tests
The tests are essential for fighting the pandemic, but poor privacy policies could discourage some people from using them.
Data stolen from Scottish regulator in cyberattack published online
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) earlier this month revealed at least 4,000 files containing 1.2GB were stolen in an ongoing ransomware attack that began on Christmas Eve.
Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business
The European Commission is mulling two new probes into the tech giant.
New York State Lawmakers Reintroduce CCPA-Like Data Privacy Legislation
California Consumer Privacy Act-like regulations may be coming to a New York business near you. State lawmakers have reintroduced two key pieces of data.
Israel’s data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns
Health Ministry releases details of agreement with coronavirus vaccine producer, but redacted document doesn’t address all questions, including some ethical worries.
Here’s What Google Didn’t Say in Its Promises About Our Privacy
Google issued its response on Sunday via a public blog post tackling some of the more “misleading” allegations but they only ring true if you don’t actually question Google’s claims.