data

October 21, 2022

CNIL fines Clearview AI with 20 million euros

French data protection authority CNIL imposed a penalty of 20 million euros and ordered Clearview AI to stop collecting and using data on individuals in France.

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October 18, 2022

Man takes court challenge over retention of church data

A man launched proceedings over the Data Protection Commission’s failure to investigate the Church’s refusal to destroy records it has about him.

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October 10, 2022

Prince Harry Sues UK Media Group Over Privacy Breach

6 public figures suing the publisher of the Daily Mail over alleged unlawful information-gathering at its titles.

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October 10, 2022

U.S. Department of Justice Announces U.S. – UK CLOUD Act Agreement

Agreement between the U.S. Government and the UK Government on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime entered force

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September 23, 2022

German data retention rules not compatible with EU law, says top court

The Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) ruled Tuesday that data retention in Germany is not compatible with EU law.

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September 14, 2022

G-7 Privacy Regulators Aim To Ease Turbulent International Data Flows

The goal of the meetings is to gradually align the regulators’ approaches to privacy and better understand domestic rules in each jurisdiction.

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September 9, 2022

Period-tracking apps are leaking data

Research on more than 20 apps found that the majority collected large amounts of personal data and shared it with third parties.

September 8, 2022

Google’s Scans of Private Photos Led to False Accusations of Child Abuse

Google’s algorithms wrongly flagged photos taken by two fathers as being images of child abuse, causing innocent people to be investigated by the police.

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September 6, 2022

ICO commenced criminal proceedings over theft of road traffic accident data

ICO has commenced criminal proceedings against eight individuals over the unlawful obtaining of people’s personal information from vehicle repair garages.

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August 22, 2022

This website tells you what private information apps might be tracking

A new tool reveals how apps like TikTok and Instagram can potentially use JavaScript to view sensitive data.

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August 4, 2022

Manchester City smart scarf wraps data-collecting sensors around fans’ necks

Hungry for data, soccer club pilots The Connected Scarf.

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August 3, 2022

USA offers foreign states access to 1.1 billion biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting ‘Enhanced Border Security Agreements’, offering access to its vast biometric databanks in exchange for other states reciprocating.

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