Online data brokers: ‘What they can buy is pretty troubling’
John Oliver took aim at the dark art of data brokers, raising the alarm on unregulated practices that many internet users are unaware of.
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Apple, Meta Gave User Data to Hackers With Forged Legal Requests
Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials.
Google collects text and call data from Android users without consent
New research shows that the Google Messages and Phone apps have been collecting texts and calls data on Android without consent.
EU and US to intensify negotiations on transatlantic data flow
U.S. Government and the European Commission have decided to intensify negotiations on an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
How Smart Devices Can Spy on You
Have you ever felt a creeping sensation that someone’s watching you?
Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war
Ukraine began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead.
Tinder Adds Background Checks to Its Dating App
Tinder is introducing a tool to let users run background checks on prospective dates.
Who Is Policing the Location Data Industry?
Google and Apple have tried to crack down, but location data brokers are moving to a new way to collect your whereabouts that’s much harder to detect.
Why ‘Ghost Assets’ are Killing your GDPR Compliance
IT teams need full visibility into every device, software installation, and user, as well as the ability to document all of the IT resources.
Italian DPA fines Clearview AI €20 million
The Italian data protection authority fined the Clearview AI EUR 20 million for GDPR breaches when processing sensitive data.
Facebook’s Meta facing order from Irish regulator to suspend data transfers to US
Wide-ranging privacy case has already led to threats from social media giant.
Family secrets exposed: genetic testing reveals unknown relatives
It’s hard to keep a family secret these days, thanks to the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic genealogy services.