technology

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April 16, 2021

Verizon Media Introduces Alternative Online Tracking Identifier

Verizon Media announced the launch of its Next-Gen Solutions suite to make advertisers and publishers independent of cookies or mobile app IDs.

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April 16, 2021

Italian DPA launches a contest on ‘easy privacy information via icons’

‘Easy privacy information via icons? Yes, you can!’ The Italian DPA launches a contest calling for creative ideas from all quarters.

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April 14, 2021

After Cookies, Ad Tech Wants to Use Your Email to Track You Everywhere

Cookies are dying, and the tracking industry is scrambling to replace them. There are several proposals from ad tech providers to preserve “addressable media” after cookies die off.

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April 13, 2021

Surveillance exposes limits of transatlantic AI collaboration

European lawmakers say company’s surveillance practices ‘poses an issue’ for joint approach to artificial intelligence.

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April 9, 2021

EU data protection authorities adopt joint opinion on the Digital Green Certificate Proposals

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a joint opinion on the Proposals for a Digital Green Certificate.

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April 8, 2021

Pandemic reveals Palantir’s troubling reach in Europe

Covid has given Peter Thiel’s secretive US tech company new opportunities to operate in Europe in ways some campaigners find worrying.

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April 7, 2021

French data watchdog to start checking cookie policy compliance

France’s data protection watchdog CNIL will from 1st April begin conducting checks to ensure websites are in compliance with new guidelines on advertising trackers after the deadline it granted expired.

April 7, 2021

Army Wants to Automate Base Access With Facial Recognition

The proposed system uses a reliable form of facial biometric identification but would need to control for variables like weather and low light.

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April 6, 2021

Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Third-Party Code For Alleged Privacy Infractions

Apple started rejecting app updates on Thursday that conflict with its App Tracking Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework.

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April 6, 2021

Drivers To Be Given Real-Time “Risk Scores” Using Embedded Telematic Surveillance Sensors

The real reason behind machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, or telematics in new cars is to more precisely assess risk.

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April 5, 2021

UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access

End-to-end encryption could be challenged with security agencies enabled to monitor user messages.

April 5, 2021

Apple prohibits manufacturers from collecting facial scans, biometric data of employees

Apple’s new guidelines prohibit manufacturing partners from collecting biometric data such as fingerprints or facial scans of Apple employees who visit their facilities.

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