European Parliament’s COVID website overrun with US web trackers
The European Parliament’s coronavirus test management website is overrun with user tracking requests, some of which are attempting to siphon […]
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Surveillance Startup Used Own Cameras to Harass Coworkers
Verkada, a fast-growing Silicon Valley surveillance startup, equips its offices in downtown San Mateo, California, with its own state-of-the-art security […]
California Attorney General Releases New Proposed Modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations
The California Attorney General proposed a third set of modifications to the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. […]
The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone
At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are […]
Global AI fight heats up over health data
Spat over a Microsoft health data project highlights growing European distrust of U.S. tech. The French government made that clear […]
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
Mr. Howell is a lifelong protester and self-taught coder. He had begun researching how to build a facial recognition product […]
‘US is falling behind and needs a strong privacy law’ says Microsoft
The US has fallen behind the rest of the world on privacy and data protection and urgently needs new laws, […]
German lawsuit accuses Amazon of breaking EU privacy law
Amazon faces a lawsuit in Germany over claims it has continued to transfer data to the United States using an […]
CBP expands facial recognition program to international travelers at San Francisco and San Jose airports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the expansion of its Simplified Arrival program, which uses facial recognition to verify […]
US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
An unsealed warrant in a case involving alleged pedophile R&B star R. Kelly has shown how the Feds can get […]
Ryanair says it’s not ‘hiding’ behind GDPR in US lawsuit
Ryanair has been accused of trying to hide behind EU data protection rules which, it has been claimed, would prevent […]
‘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. […]