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October 19, 2021

EU could ban anonymous registration of domain data

In a bid to boost security and anti-privacy efforts, the EU is planning to ban anonymous registration of domain data.

October 18, 2021

Amazon Fights Record €746 Million EU Data-Protection Fine

Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union’s tough data-protection rules

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October 14, 2021

Belgian Government Wants To Add Encryption Backdoors To Its Already-Terrible Data Retention Law

Legislators want a form of encryption that can be stripped away whenever the government wants access to communications. It means backdoor.

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October 14, 2021

French privacy watchdog takes action on government fingerprint database issues

CNIL has decided to call the Ministry of the Interior to order after observing several failures in the proper maintenance of the automated fingerprint file.

October 14, 2021

Over 1.5 billion Facebook users’ personal data found for sale on hacker forum

Unrelated to other recent problems Facebook has had, this particular batch of data was scraped from profiles, meaning it’s publicly available knowledge. That doesn’t stop it from being dangerous.

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October 13, 2021

Hundreds of professional footballers threaten legal action over use of data

Project Red Card is led by the former Cardiff manager Russell Slade and the issue arises over allegedly unlawful use of players’ statistics.

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October 13, 2021

The Netherlands publishes non-paper on upcoming Data Act

The Hague considers it an urgent need to ensure that individuals and smaller companies have access to and can capitalise on their data.

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October 11, 2021

Intimate data: can a person who tracks their steps, sleep and food ever truly be free?

Big tech now encourages us to monitor everything via smartphones and watches. How much privacy have we lost to the promise of self improvement – and is it time to stop?

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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.