Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking
For two years, a handful of websites have indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones. The rare and intricate chains of code […]
GDPR News
Bulgarian DPA fines bank €500,000 for data breach
Bulgaria’s data protection authority (DPA) – Commission for Personal Data Protection – has imposed a 1 million levs (about 500,000 […]
How to interpret Sweden’s first GDPR fine on facial recognition in school
The school used facial-recognition software via camera to capture and register 22 students’ participation in class. The school board claimed […]
EU data caught in Facebook audio transcribing
The social networking giant initially said no local users were affected, but 48 EU citizens had their information collected without […]
Microsoft: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks
Old advice like “never use a password that has ever been seen in a breach” or “use really long passwords” […]
Company Will Pay $30 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Used Deceptive Lead Generators
An Illinois-based operator of several post-secondary schools will pay $30 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the operator […]
Developers accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior with its privacy changes in iOS 13
A group of app developers have penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, arguing that certain privacy-focused changes to […]
Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows
Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, […]
EU-US launch talks on e-evidence access
EU member states have approved a mandate for the European Commission to launch international negotiations with the U.S. to speed […]
Commission urges member states to allocate resources to DPAs
In July, the European Commission urged European countries to allocate sufficient human, financial and technical resources to national data protection […]
Facebook succeeds in blocking German FCO’s order against combining user data
Facebook has succeeded in blocking the order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it […]
Researchers Created AI That Hides Your Emotions From Other AI
As smart speaker makers such as Amazon improve emotion-detecting AI, researchers are coming up with ways to protect our privacy. […]