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October 8, 2021

EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based

U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules

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October 8, 2021

It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN

Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.

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October 8, 2021

MEPs oppose mass surveillance using artificial intelligence by the police

To combat discrimination and ensure the right to privacy, MEPs demand strong safeguards when artificial intelligence tools are used in law enforcement.

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October 8, 2021

Privacy-First Marketing Isn’t Always Easy – But It’s 100% Worth The Fight

If your marketing team’s attention is focused on finding a direct replacement for third-party cookies and digital IDs, you are fighting the wrong battle.

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October 6, 2021

Smart cars vs. privacy: a driverless car could generate 100 GB of data per second

Fully autonomous vehicles might never come to much, but most privacy issues they raise are as salient today as they would be in any high-tech driverless future.

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October 6, 2021

How to Find ‘Stalkerware’ on Your Devices

These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar.

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October 5, 2021

Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos

In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid police surveillance.

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October 5, 2021

FTC Weighs New Online Privacy Rules

Under Democratic Chairwoman Lina Khan, the agency is considering ways to strengthen consumer privacy protections, including for children, as legislative logjams persist in Congress.

October 5, 2021

Is Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Effective? No, Says Study

The latest tech news about the world’s best (and worst) hardware, apps, games and Product Reviews much more. From top companies like Google and Apple.

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October 4, 2021

Ad trackers continue to collect Europeans’ data without consent under the GDPR

On average, 500,000 ad impressions served per day earlier this year contradicted the data-collection choices people made as required under Europe’s privacy law.