Microsoft’s Free Rein Over EU Staff Data Sparks Privacy Warning
Microsoft Corp.’s licensing agreements with European Union authorities gave the U.S. tech giant free rein to oversee data processing activities […]
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Facebook says 5,000 app developers got user data after cutoff date
A Facebook privacy mechanism blocks apps from receiving user data if users didn’t use an app for 90 days. Facebook […]
House Investigating Company Selling Phone Location Data to Government Agencies
A Democratic-led committee said it was conducting an investigation of the products sold by data broker Venntel. The Democratic-led House […]
Trump 2020 app is collecting huge amounts of user data on voters
Researchers have raised concerns over the level of access requested by the Trump 2020 app, including Device ID, call information, […]
It’s unconstitutional for cops to force phone unlocking, court rules
Indiana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Fifth Amendment allows a woman accused of stalking to refuse to unlock her […]
Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters’ phones against them
Rather than seeking warrants for a person backed up with probable cause, police have begun relying on geofence warrants that […]
UK caves in to EU demand to share criminal suspects’ data
Council of the EU had warned UK could be excluded from crime-fighting system if it didn’t ‘review’ its data-sharing policy. […]
UK’s post-Brexit data deals ‘will go further than EU ever could’
The UK government has outlined an ambitious plan to reach a set of international agreements on data that it claims […]
A Landmark Ruling in Brazil: Paving the Way for Considering Data Protection as an Autonomous Fundamental Right
A historic ruling of the Brazilian Supreme Court from May 07, 2020 describes the right to data protection as an […]
Warrant needed to search locked phones, US court rules
Thanks to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and all the case law built upon it, police generally need […]
AI firm that worked with Vote Leave given new coronavirus contract
An artificial intelligence firm hired to work on the Vote Leave campaign may analyse social media data, utility bills and […]
Google’s federated analytics method could analyze end user data without invading privacy
Google’s federated analytics techniques, which power features like Now Playing, could be used to analyze end user data without invading […]