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April 19, 2021

Russia’s surveillance state still doesn’t match China. But Putin is racing to catch up.

Facial recognition is increasingly used against Kremlin critics. But cameras have been off for suspected state-sanctioned attacks.

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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 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 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 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

Privacy Oversight Board Releases Report on EO 12333

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released its report on Executive Order 12333, which provides broad legal authority for data collection.

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April 5, 2021

Study Shows Consumers Don’t Understand How Their Data Is Used

The ad industry continues to roll out new protocols around online data and consumer privacy. LoopMe surveyed consumers to find out if they’re really aware of the changes, and what they thought.

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April 3, 2021

Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite Users Opting Out

Google’s Pixel and Apple’s iPhone both in privacy hot seat for siphoning mobile device data without consent.

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March 31, 2021

Smartphones share our data every four and a half minutes

Research claims there is little difference between Apple and Google when it comes to collecting certain data.

March 31, 2021

China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specs

China enlisted surveillance firms to help draw up standards for mass facial recognition systems, researchers said, warning that an unusually heavy emphasis on tracking characteristics such as ethnicity created wide scope for abuse.

March 30, 2021

How Grassroots Coalition Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans

A grassroots coalition of Black youth, sex workers, and community advocates stood against the surveillance state—and won.

March 28, 2021

Amazon Subjects Its Drivers to Biometric Surveillance

Earlier this week, Motherboard revealed the company’s cruel “take it or leave” demand to its 75,000 delivery drivers: submit to biometric surveillance or lose your job.

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