Amazon Faces Allegations It Harvested Sensitive Voice Data
Amazon is being hit with a class-action suit alleging that the tech giant’s severs are storing biometric voice data from […]
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IAB Europe’s ad tracking consent framework found to fail GDPR standard
A flagship framework for gathering Internet users’ consent for targeting with behavioral ads — which is designed by ad industry […]
Google Analytics Gets A Major Privacy And Machine Learning-Focused Overhaul
Google is revamping Google Analytics for a world in which privacy plays center stage and identifiers are exiting stage left. […]
‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work
California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test. […]
Activists Sue San Francisco for Wide-Ranging Surveillance of Black-Led Protests Against Police Violence
Violating San Francisco’s Surveillance Technology Ordinance, SFPD Secretly Used Camera Network to Spy on People Protesting Police Killing of George […]
IRS offers grants for software to trace privacy-focused cryptocurrency trades
Grants of up to $625,000 will be issued in exchange for cryptocurrency tracking technologies. The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
Apple delays new anti-tracking privacy feature for phones and tablets
Apple has delayed the introduction of a stricter privacy feature designed to stop apps and websites tracking people online without […]
NSA Mass Surveillance Program Illegal, U.S. Court Rules
The NSA argued its mass surveillance program stopped terrorist attacks – but a new U.S. court ruling found that this […]
Kindle Collects a Surprisingly Large Amount of Data
Reading a book on a Kindle sends Amazon a lot of data about reading habits. How fast pages are turned, […]
Surveillance Scandal Involving U.S. Intelligence Hits Denmark
Denmark has been rocked by a surveillance scandal in which private citizens’ data was allegedly collected by military intelligence and […]
Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system
Apple and Google are preparing to roll out phase two of their Covid-19 contact-tracing system, allowing users to receive notifications […]
Security leak reveals Chinese government surveillance of more ethnic minorities
Ms Markson, on her program on Sky News, has revealed how Chinese activists have now uncovered a new facial recognition […]