A Landmark Ruling in Brazil: Paving the Way for Considering Data Protection as an Autonomous Fundamental Right
A historic ruling of the Brazilian Supreme Court from May 07, 2020 describes the right to data protection as an […]
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Israel Steps Back From Law Involving Secret Service in COVID-19 Tracing
Following widespread protest by the Israeli privacy community and the population at large, a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court […]
California AG Won’t Delay CCPA Enforcement, but May Exercise Prosecutorial Discretion
California’s Attorney General won’t delay enforcement of key provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act, but will use prosecutorial discretion […]
Facial recognition bill falls flat in California legislature
A state Assembly committee stopped a bill allowing companies and government agencies to use the controversial surveillance technology without consent. […]
Zoom to exclude free calls from end-to-end encryption to allow FBI cooperation
Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, has announced it will provide end-to-end encryption after facing a litany of privacy and […]
Assembly leader says state legislature will repeal police privacy law
For almost half a century, Section 50-A of a New York state law sealed personnel information about police officers, firefighters […]
Privacy browser Brave under fire for violating users’ trust
The Chromium-based browser, Brave has been profiting from redirect links to affiliate crypto companies. Unlike the “opt-in” principle by which […]
Twitter and Reddit challenges requirement for US visa applicants to declare their online handles
Twitter, Reddit, and the Internet Association filed a legal brief in support of a challenge to the US State Department’s […]
Warrant needed to search locked phones, US court rules
Thanks to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and all the case law built upon it, police generally need […]
Critical Vulnerability Could Have Allowed Hackers to Disrupt Traffic Lights
A critical vulnerability affecting traffic light controllers made by SWARCO could have been exploited by hackers to disrupt a city’s […]
UK contracts grant Amazon, Microsoft, Google and AI firms access to COVID-19 health data
UK government has published the contracts it holds with private tech firms and the NHS for the creation of a […]
WhatsApp Phone Numbers Pop Up in Google Search Results — But is it a Bug?
A researcher found that phone numbers tied to WhatsApp accounts are indexed publicly on Google Search creating what he claims […]