Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data
Sensor Tower, a popular analytics platform for tech developers and investors, has been secretly collecting data from millions of people […]
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Adtech giant Criteo is being investigated by France’s data watchdog
Adtech giant Criteo is under investigation by the French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, following a complaint filed by privacy […]
Lawmakers seek solutions to major platforms’ market dominance
At a U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing Tuesday, lawmakers sought […]
Illinois legislators want to protect smart devices users’ privacy
The Protecting Household Privacy Act would require makers of smart devices to tell customers how their information is shared. The […]
Publishers Are Wary Of New Tech That Wants To Use Their First-Party Cookies
With the clock ticking on third-party cookies, publishers will soon be the only part of the ad ecosystem with direct […]
Brave to generate random browser fingerprints to preserve user privacy
“Brave’s new approach aims to make every browser look completely unique, both between websites and between browsing sessions.” The Brave […]
Surveillance Firm Banjo Used a Secret Company and Fake Apps to Scrape Social Media
One former employee said the secret company called Pink Unicorn Labs was doing the same thing as Cambridge Analytica, “but […]
Swedish Data Inspectorate investigates Clearview AI
Swedish supervisory authority – Datainspektionen – is conducting an investigation on possible use of facial recognition technology provided by US […]
What Facebook’s $550M settlement teaches us about the future of facial recognition
In January, plaintiffs and Facebook reached the largest privacy settlement in U.S. history. Facebook agreed to settle for $550 million […]
IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI
IBM and Microsoft have signed the Vatican’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” a pledge to develop artificial intelligence in a […]
How Europe’s AI strategy is getting it right
The European Commission’s new White Paper may be the most ambitious yet realistic government strategy for AI we have seen. […]
Scotland Yard makes first arrest using live facial recognition technology
A woman arrested in Westminster, London yesterday has become the first to be apprehended by Metropolitan Police using its facial […]