technology

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November 14, 2022

Dutch money laundering amendments to prompt greater AI use in transaction monitoring

Proposed amendments to the Dutch anti money laundering law will enable more banks to combine and analyse their customers’ payment data.

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November 11, 2022

Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success

Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.

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November 9, 2022

Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus.

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November 9, 2022

MEPs discuss Artificial Intelligence definition, governance

The definition of Artificial Intelligence and how the new EU’s rulebook for this emerging technology will be implemented is the focus of a political meeting.

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November 9, 2022

Apple Apps Track You Even With Privacy Protections on

An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”

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November 8, 2022

Global data privacy regulators set resolution on facial recognition at annual meeting

Data privacy regulators agree to a resolution that personal information should be used for facial recognition only in accordance with a set of six principles.

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November 7, 2022

125k people scanned by police cameras in London resulting in just nine arrrests

Facial recognition cameras have scanned the faces of more than 125,000 people in London in a little over a year, but resulted in just nine arrrests.

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November 1, 2022

Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?!

More and more websites have added an option to say “no” to cookies and other tracking- as foreseen by the GDPR. Where did this trend come from?

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November 1, 2022

UK police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical, report finds

Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standards.

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October 31, 2022

Privacy watchdog asks biz to drop AI that analyzes emotions

‘They may not work yet, or indeed ever,’ says ICO’s deputy commissioner.

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October 31, 2022

Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem?

Techniques which allow the sharing of data whilst keeping it secure may revolutionise fields from healthcare to law enforcement.

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October 28, 2022

The EU’s temptation to break end-to-end encryption

Fight against Child Sexual Abuse Materials and the impact it may have on end-to-end encryption.

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