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February 22, 2022

Online Trackers Can Detect 80% of Users’ Browsing History

The report found the practice of online tracking is far more pervasive than previously realized.

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February 21, 2022

China tech firm develops controversial IT system that can predict whether an employee is about to resign

A company is developing a system to predict whether an employee is about to resign by spying on browsing job recruitment pages and sending job application emails.

February 17, 2022

Google Plans to Curtail Cross-App Tracking on Android Phones

The Alphabet unit plans to continue support of the existing approach for at least two years as it follows Apple in challenging Facebook.

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January 31, 2022

What your smart TV knows about you – and how to stop it harvesting data

Smart TVs are always gathering data about you that can be monetised. What can you opt out of – and what can you safely leave alone?

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January 19, 2022

Online surveillance thrives when fear takes over

European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications.

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January 15, 2022

ECHR: Bulgaria’s surveillance laws breach European human rights convention

Court ruled that Bulgaria violates the European Convention of Human Rights when it comes to secret surveillance and accessing of communication data.

January 1, 2022

Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?

Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.

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December 20, 2021

Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF

The new study throws doubt on the claim that if a user says ‘no’ to tracking/behavioral ads via the IAB’s TCF, the adtech industry respectfully falls into line.

December 20, 2021

Nearly 50,000 Facebook users may have been targets of private surveillance

Facebook is notifying nearly 50,000 users in more than 100 countries that they may have been targets of hacking attempts by private surveillance companies working for government agencies

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December 16, 2021

Remote-working job surveillance is on the rise

Excessive surveillance is having profoundly negative effects on the workforce.

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November 25, 2021

DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android

The privacy-focused tech company’s latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.

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November 22, 2021

LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying

Records show LA police trialed social media surveillance tech from Voyager Labs, which claims its software can predict crimes and help monitor private messages.

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