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The image displays the flag of China waving on a flagpole against a clear sky. The flag is red with five yellow stars in the top left corner. One large star is surrounded by four smaller stars in a slight arc to its right.

February 2, 2021

China Has Stolen 80% Of American Adults’ Personal Data, Expert Claims

Chinese technology has faced many allegations of improper use of data, and this appears to extend to the medical information of US citizens, it is claimed.

February 2, 2021

Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020

That data includes shopping searches and data from its Echo, Fire, and Ring devices.

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February 2, 2021

Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters

Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the US DoJ to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to fraudsters.

January 30, 2021

Facebook to give academics access to political advertising data

Facebook will open up targeting information for more than 1.3m social issue, electoral and political ads to researchers .

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January 28, 2021

This Site Published Every Face From Parler’s Capitol Riot Videos

Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.

January 27, 2021

Bot Lets Hackers Easily Look Up Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers

The person selling access to the service claims it has data on 500 million Facebook users.

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January 24, 2021

Facebook Gives FBI Private Messages Of Users Discussing Capitol Hill Riot

DOJ files charges against alleged rioter after the FBI raided his Facebook account, including private messages and an IP address that plotted his approximate locations.

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January 23, 2021

Military Intelligence Agency Says It Monitored U.S. Cellphone Movements Without Warrant

The U.S. government is using app-generated marketing data based on the movements of millions of cellphones around the country for some forms of law enforcement.

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January 22, 2021

Israel’s data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns

Health Ministry releases details of agreement with coronavirus vaccine producer, but redacted document doesn’t address all questions, including some ethical worries.