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August 9, 2022

Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK

Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day.

August 3, 2022

WhatsApp rejects UK’s request to lower security

The tech giant’s boss says he’d rather see the app blocked than break encryption under proposed laws.

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July 25, 2022

GCHQ experts back scanning of encrypted phone messages to fight child abuse

Ian Levy, technical director of the NCSC, and Crispin Robinson, technical director of GCHQ, back client-side scanning software on mobile phones to detect child abuse.

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July 21, 2022

French privacy watchdog calls for clearer rules on smart cameras

French privacy watchdog CNIL is calling for an update of the regulatory framework on surveillance devices to accommodate the rise in so-called “smart cameras”.

July 15, 2022

Apple Debuts Spyware Protection for State-Sponsored Cyberattacks

Apple’s new Lockdown Mode protects devices targeted by sophisticated state-sponsored mercenary spyware attacks.

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July 12, 2022

AI Act: leading MEPs seek first compromise on administrative procedures, standards

The European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs circulated the first batch of compromise amendments for the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

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July 6, 2022

Finland DPA weights on Vehicle Service Data as personal data

Is vehicle service data for services performed on a vehicle a personal data under GDPR?

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July 5, 2022

Apple blocked 1.6 millions apps from defrauding users in 2021

In 2021 App Review team stopped more than 1.6 million risky or vulnerable apps and updates from landing on the App Store and potentially defrauding users.