Cost of data loss per organization surpassed $1M in the past year
Businesses now manage an average of 13.53 petabytes of data, but struggle to keep it secure. Within the last 12 […]
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Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data
Sensor Tower, a popular analytics platform for tech developers and investors, has been secretly collecting data from millions of people […]
Adtech giant Criteo is being investigated by France’s data watchdog
Adtech giant Criteo is under investigation by the French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, following a complaint filed by privacy […]
Lawmakers seek solutions to major platforms’ market dominance
At a U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing Tuesday, lawmakers sought […]
Illinois legislators want to protect smart devices users’ privacy
The Protecting Household Privacy Act would require makers of smart devices to tell customers how their information is shared. The […]
Publishers Are Wary Of New Tech That Wants To Use Their First-Party Cookies
With the clock ticking on third-party cookies, publishers will soon be the only part of the ad ecosystem with direct […]
Brave to generate random browser fingerprints to preserve user privacy
“Brave’s new approach aims to make every browser look completely unique, both between websites and between browsing sessions.” The Brave […]
Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes €7 million administrative fine on Google
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes a fine of 75 million Swedish kronor (approximately 7 million euro) on Google for […]
EU Presidency releases revised draft ePrivacy Regulation
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union released revised text of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation (Regulation concerning the […]
Advocate General delivers opinion on GDPR consent
On March 4, 2020, Advocate General Szpunar (“AG”) delivered his opinion in the case C-61/19 Orange România SA v Autoritatea […]
Hackers are targeting other hackers
Researchers have uncovered a new campaign whereby attackers are “trojanizing” multiple hacking tools. Cybereason researcher Amit Serper has been investigating […]
EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic
As Europe is grappling with an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, some European Data Protection Authorities issued public interest guidance […]