Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face
Immersive Labs Researcher takes advantage of lax Fitbit privacy controls to build a malicious spyware watch face. A wide-open app-building […]
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Twitter Data-Breach Case Won’t Be Resolved Before Year’s End
European privacy regulators are unlikely to issue a final ruling on Twitter’s handling of a 2019 data breach before the […]
EU nations call for ‘soft law solutions’ in future Artificial Intelligence regulation
Fourteen EU countries have set out their position on the future regulation of Artificial Intelligence, urging the European Commission to […]
No GDPR damages after data breach, says German court
In a civil action following a personal data breach affecting a credit card bonus programme, the Regional Court (Landgericht) Frankfurt […]
EDPB Adopts Guidelines on Relevant and Reasoned Objection under Article 60 of the GDPR
During its 39th plenary session on October 8, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted guidelines on relevant and […]
ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details […]
‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work
California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test. […]
Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors
Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India, have published a statement over […]
Amazon’s Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy
Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. […]
France’s Health Data Hub to move to European cloud infrastructure to avoid EU-US data transfers
France’s data regulator CNIL has issued some recommendations for French services that handle health data, as Mediapart first reported. Those […]
Faulty Facial Recognition Led to His Arrest—Now He’s Suing
Michael Oliver is the second Black man found to be wrongfully arrested by Detroit police because of the technology—and his […]
Facebook, Belgian Data-Protection Watchdog Face Off at EU High Court
The European Union faced some tough questions as it defended Facebook at the EU high court Monday, in a case […]