UK

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April 12, 2023

Live facial recognition labelled ‘Orwellian’ as Met police push ahead with use

Live facial recognition is a controversial form of mass surveillance, and human rights advocates are vehement in their criticism of its use by police forces.

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April 11, 2023

UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws

Concerns are escalating over tech companies harnessing mountains of unrestricted personal data from the web to ‘teach’ advanced AI.

April 11, 2023

TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data

The data regulator slammed TikTok for their failure to adequately verify the ages of those using their platform.

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March 15, 2023

Britain plans new data rules to ease compliance burden

UK government taks another shot at reforming its data protection laws to reduce the burden on businesses while staying aligned with the EUs standards.

March 2, 2023

Rishi Sunak faces calls to ban TikTok use by government officials

PM has come under immense pressure to mirror EU and US by taking action concerning anxieties over the potential cybersecurity risks of a Chinese-owned app.

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February 27, 2023

Signal app warns it will quit UK if law weakens end-to-end encryption

Signal will leave UK if online safety bill weakens end-to-end encryption.

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February 21, 2023

UK Policing Riddled with Chinese CCTV Cameras

UK watchdog raised serious concerns about the widespread use of Chinese-made surveillance cameras by UK police forces.

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February 10, 2023

UK Proposes Making the Sale and Possession of Encrypted Phones Illegal

The UK government is pushing to make encrypted phones a criminal offense.

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February 1, 2023

Tate Modern viewing platform invades privacy of flats, supreme court rules

Residents of luxurious flats opposite the iconic Tate Modern’s viewing gallery are entitled to their privacy, the Supreme Court has declared.

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January 31, 2023

MI5 spies broke law by holding people’s intercepted data for years

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that UK spies have unlawfully held onto individuals’ intercepted data for five years.

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January 5, 2023

Chinese security firm advertises ethnicity recognition technology while facing UK ban

Campaigners concerned that ‘same racist technology used to repress Uyghurs is being marketed in Britain’.

December 23, 2022

UK Privacy Regulator Names and Shames Breached Firms

ICO publishes detailed list of complaints and investigations.

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