Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
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Criminal forum trading stolen data suffers ironic data breach
Someone on the dark web is touting for sale an unusual database a lot of people might pay handsomely to […]
Xiaomi Devices Found Tracking And Recording Browsing Data Of Millions
Xiaomi has been tracking and recording an insane amount of private data, from user’s phone habits to queries in the […]
EU wants UK to share more data before it grants access to crime-fighting system
European parliamentary committee says UK should share same amount of fingerprint data as member states. The UK should be denied […]
Quibi, JetBlue, Wish, others accused of leaking millions of email addresses to ad orgs via HTTP referer headers
Short-video biz Quibi, airline JetBlue, shopping site Wish, and several other companies leaked million of people’s email addresses to ad-tracking […]
India requires all workers to use its COVID-19 tracking app
India is now mandating that all workers use its COVID-19 contact tracing app, even though there are concerns it violates […]
Aggregated data provides a false sense of security
Accessing personal data comes at a risk to privacy, and there are many unfortunate examples of harm coming to individuals […]
Facebook releases county-by-county maps showing people reporting COVID-19 symptoms
Facebook released its first county-by-county maps of the U.S. on Monday showing the prevalence of self-reported COVID-19 symptoms based on […]
EU publishes toolbox for coronavirus tracking apps
Contact tracing apps, if fully compliant with EU rules and well coordinated, can play a key role in all phases […]
Australian police used Clearview AI facial recognition software to counter child exploitation
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has admitted to using a facial recognition tool, despite not having an appropriate legislative framework […]
Will Google’s and Apple’s COVID Tracking Plan Protect Privacy?
Last week, Google and Apple announced that they were working together to develop privacy-protecting technology that could enable COVID-19 contact-tracing […]
Activist Wants Appeals Court To Scrap Google ‘Street View’ Privacy Settlement
A musician who opposed Google’s privacy settlement over data collection by “Street View” cars has appealed a trial judge’s decision […]