DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement
The privacy-focused browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement between the two companies.
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UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection
Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.
Council of EU to push for “on the spot” biometric ID checks, inserting “all available data” in Schengen Information System
The Council is calling for new rules on with “on the spot” biometric ID checks with mobile fingerprint readers and face scanners.
Brave Browser’s new Privacy Hub shows which websites are trying to track you and how
Privacy is a big deal and Brave Browser is giving people more information about who is tracking them.
How GDPR Is Failing
The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech.
Mastercard’s pay-with-a-smile test is bound to rile privacy advocates
Mastercard wants to create a standard that lets you pay in stores by smiling or waving — but will shoppers be comfortable?
Researchers developed technique to protects privacy of online recommendations
MIT researchers developed a novel privacy-preserving protocol that could enable an algorithm that provides recommendations to guarantee a user’s privacy.
Spain fines Google 10 million Euro
AEPD fined Google LLC 10 million euros for two GDPR breaches: illegal transfer of data to 3rd parties and hindering the data subject’s right of data deletion.
Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’
New data about the real-time-bidding (RTB) system’s use of web users’ info suggests Google and others are processing and passing people’s data.
Europol gears up to collect big data on European citizens after MEPs vote to expand policing power
The EU Parliament has voted to legalise Europol’s processing of bulk datasets of personal data and endorsing research into predictive policing technologies.
