Your face mask selfies could be training the next facial recognition tool
Researchers are crawling the internet for photos of people wearing face masks to improve facial recognition algorithms. The practice of […]
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REvil Ransomware found buyer for Trump data, now targeting Madonna
REvil ransomware group claims to have buyers ready for documents containing damaging information about US President Donald Trump and is […]
Google is auditioning candidates to succeed the third-party cookie
Google wants other ad exchanges and demand-side platforms to run tests to see whether its proposals to replace third-party cookies […]
EU Commission Opens Public Consultation on Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Framework
On 19 February 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the […]
FBI cracks alleged al-Qaida shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
U.S. authorities have reportedly broken through the encryption on one of the iPhones belonging to a mass shooter without the […]
Australia Tightens Privacy Protections on COVID-19 Tracing App
New legislation imposes stronger privacy protections on Australia’s planned contact-tracing app. “The Australian government’s coronavirus tracing app will have stronger […]
Hungarian Government Suspends GDPR Data Subjects Rights
On May 4, 2020, the Hungarian Government issued a Decree that suspends, during the COVID-19 created state of emergency, the […]
First GDPR fine issued in Ireland
Eilis McDonald & John Magee Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR […]
French Court Bans the Use of Drone Surveillance to Enforce Covid-19 Lockdown
The Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, issued a decision banning French authorities from using drone surveillance to track individuals […]
German Mass Surveillance Abroad is Ruled Unconstitutional
In a landmark decision, the German Constitutional Court has ruled that mass surveillance of telecommunications outside of Germany conducted on […]
Norwegian DPA launches investigation into Disqus
The Norwegian data protection authority has launched an investigation into Disqus for allegedly collecting information about Norwegians through comment areas […]
EasyJet announces cybersecurity incident affecting 9 million clients
EasyJet announced that it had been “the target of a cybersecurity attack from a highly sophisticated source”. EasyJet stated that […]