Dating Apps Exposed 845 GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More
The researchers found 845 gigabytes and close to 2.5 million records, likely representing data from hundreds of thousands of users. […]
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Norway pulls its coronavirus contacts-tracing app after privacy watchdog’s warning
One of the first national coronavirus contacts-tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after the […]
UK caves in to EU demand to share criminal suspects’ data
Council of the EU had warned UK could be excluded from crime-fighting system if it didn’t ‘review’ its data-sharing policy. […]
Google Loses Its Appeal On 50 Million Euro GDPR Fine
Google lost on appeal of 50 million euro fine levied against Google in January 2019 for GDPR breaches. On Friday, […]
UK’s post-Brexit data deals ‘will go further than EU ever could’
The UK government has outlined an ambitious plan to reach a set of international agreements on data that it claims […]
Amazon Bans Police Use of Its Face Recognition for a Year
Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to […]
How GDPR will be impacted by Brexit
EU GDPR will no longer apply directly to UK businesses after the transition period (January 2021). However, in spite of this, […]
EU watchdog sets up TikTok task force, warns on Clearview AI software
Chinese video app TikTok’s practices are to be examined by an EU task force, the bloc’s privacy watchdog said on […]
Long before the Coronavirus emergency law, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics had been tracking civilian mobile phones
An emergency law of the cabinet must regulate that the government can monitor the mobile phones of citizens in the […]
IBM ends all facial recognition business
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced that the company would no longer sell facial recognition services, calling for a “national dialogue” […]
Police body cameras at protests raise privacy concerns
They were supposed to add accountability to the police. But critics say they’re backfiring and could cause a chilling effect […]
Japan enacts Act on the Protection of Personal Information
On June 5, the law amending the Act on the Protection of Personal Information was enacted. After the Cabinet order […]