Pub ‘check-in’ apps provoke fresh privacy concerns
With pubs and restaurants required to collect customer data for contact tracing when they reopen, data privacy risks will be […]
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Privacy not a blocker for ‘meaningful’ research access to platform data
Facebook, meanwhile, points to European data protection regulations and privacy requirements attached to its business following interventions by the US’ […]
EU Commission publishes its evaluation of GDPR
On 24 June, the European Commission published its evaluation report of the GDPR, just over two years after the GDPR […]
The CNIL Can’t Legally Forbid Cookie Walls Under GDPR
France’s highest administrative court has ruled that the country’s data protection authority, the CNIL, does not have the right to […]
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan […]
The EU’s Plans to Build a Wall Around GDPR-Protected Data
An ambitious German- and French-lead European Union (EU) initiative could wrestle tighter management, and eventually, control of data from commercial […]
Chrome extensions with 33 million downloads slurped sensitive user data
Browser extensions downloaded almost 33 million times from Google’s Chrome Web Store covertly downloaded highly sensitive user information The extensions, […]
EU to pay 300 million EUR for face and fingerprint recognition
The European Union has awarded a major contract for a new fingerprint and face recognition system. A consortium consisting of […]
UK launches new fake ad alert system to target online fraud
Fraudulent online advertising is being targeted via a new reporting system created by UK authorities. The UK Scam Ad Alert, […]
PwC facial recognition tool criticised for home working privacy invasion
Accounting giant PwC has come under fire for the development of a facial recognition tool that logs when employees are […]
Google Fights Privacy Suit Over Facial-Recognition Technology
Google plans to fight a potential class-action lawsuit over faceprints by arguing that the Illinois biometric privacy law doesn’t apply […]
EU fires warning shot to UK over post-Brexit US data-sharing
Safeguards outlined in a preliminary data-sharing agreement struck between the UK and US last year may not be sufficient, the […]