Alexa users can now disable human review of voice recordings
Amazon has given Alexa users the option to disable human review of their voice recordings, and committed to greater clarity […]
GDPR News
How hackers can use stolen fingerprints
Hackers could use a stolen fingerprint to break into a fairly rudimentary security system. A more advanced system might be […]
FBI proposal outlines plans for large-scale collection of social media data
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in […]
Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
Recent reports show that Ring has partnered with police departments across the country to hawk this new surveillance system—going so […]
Most EU cookie ‘consent’ notices are meaningless or manipulative
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to […]
Facebook is Opening Privacy Check-Up Cafes
In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy, Facebook is opening a […]
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Blasted For Data Privacy Policies
A U.S. senator Wyden is giving the four telecommunications companies until Sept. 4 to outline how they plan to better […]
4 Dating Apps Pinpoint Users’ Precise Locations – and Leak the Data
Grindr, Romeo, Recon and 3fun were found to expose users’ exact locations, just by knowing a user name. Four popular dating […]
Irish Data Protection Commission looking at Instagram data scraping
The Irish Data Protection Commission, a key EU data regulator, wants to know whether EU subjects were affected by the […]
IAB Europe refuses to answer Irish Data Protection Commission
IAB Europe refuses to answer questions from Irish Data Protection Commission arising from formal GDPR complaint by Brave’s Dr Ryan […]
DSAR test reveals huge data breach potential
A phoney data subject access request (DSAR) made by a woman’s partner to companies in the UK and the US […]
Instagram data privacy enabled location tracking of millions of users
Instagram allowed a trusted advertising partner to harvest huge swathes of user data to create detailed files on account holders’ […]