IRS Could Search Warrantless Location Database Over 10,000 Times
The IRS was able to query a database of location data quietly harvested from ordinary smartphone apps over 10,000 times, […]
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European recommendations following Schrems II Privacy Shield ruling cast doubt on cloud encryption practices
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued guidance that calls into question recommendations to cloud services providers in responding […]
Apple Defends Delay of Privacy Feature, Slams Facebook
Apple Inc. on Thursday slammed Facebook Inc. and other internet giants for their ad-targeting practices in response to a letter […]
799 data breaches notified by Ireland’s Government departments in 2019
The Department of Social Protection was responsible for nearly half the data protection breaches notified by Government departments across the […]
TikTok expands parental controls to include search, commenting and account privacy
TikTok announced it’s expanding its parental control feature set known as Family Pairing to give parents additional tools to manage […]
Microsoft promises to challenge all government requests for customer data
Microsoft has vowed to challenge all requests that any government or security agency makes to access its customers’ data, and […]
Google is adding end-to-end encryption to its Android Messages app
“We recognize that your conversations are private,” says Google. Google is upping the security for at least some of the […]
Disaster apps share personal data in violation of their privacy policies
Madelyn Sanfilippo – professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – and a […]
The Covid App Ecosystem Has Become a Privacy Minefield
An analysis of nearly 500 Covid-related apps worldwide shows major differences in how much data they expect you to give […]
Ticketmaster fined £1.25m over personal data breach
Ticketmaster has been fined £1.25m for failing to keep the personal data of millions of customers secure. The online events […]
Rights Activists Slam EU Plan for Access to Encrypted Chats
Digital rights campaigners on Monday criticized a proposal by European Union governments that calls for communications companies to provide authorities […]
EU inches closer to ban on end-to-end encryption
The Council of the European Union appears to have a near-completed resolution that would propose a ban on the use […]