Facial recognition’s fate could be decided in 2021
A number of lawsuits and legislative measures mean the debate over the use of facial recognition is poised to ramp up.
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Belgian DPA to Take Down Websites Infringing GDPR
Belgian Data Protection Authority’s agreement with DNS Belgium will allow to suspend “.be” websites that are linked to infringements of the GDPR.
Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People
By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information.
Should Amazon’s drugstore know your medical condition?
The new Amazon Pharmacy offers customers convenience and potentially lower prices. But experts warn that users could be jeopardizing their privacy.
U.S. Schools Are Buying Cellebrite Phone-Hacking Tech
Schools in the U.S. are purchasing phone surveillance tools from Cellebrite and companies that offer similar tools used by FBI.
Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
Cloudflare and Apple say they’ve developed a new internet protocol that will make it far more difficult for internet providers to know which websites you visit.
US Congress passes new IoT cybersecurity law
Congress recently made significant progress toward greater IoT security in the United States when it enacted the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020.
Huawei worked on several surveillance systems promoted to identify ethnicity
Huawei has worked with dozens of security contractors to develop surveillance products for China’s police.
Google And IAB In The Crosshairs Over RTB (Again)
Google and the IAB are once again under the EU’s gimlet eye.
Varanasi Is Using Crime Control as an Excuse for Facial Recognition Surveillance
Varanasi in India is installing 3,000 CCTV cameras with automated facial recognition tech at the city’s crossings.
Google and Apple are banning technology for sharing users’ location data
Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to X-Mode Social’s code that may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your location data.
France fines Google $120M and Amazon $42M for dropping tracking cookies without consent
Google has been hit with a total of €100 million ($120 million) for dropping cookies on Google.fr and Amazon €35 million (~$42 million) for doing so on the Amazon .fr domain under the penalty notices issued on December 10.