France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies
France's privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users.
Dec 22, 2022
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Apple: Most iCloud data can now be end-to-end encrypted
As part of an ongoing privacy push, Apple said Wednesday it will now offer full end-to-encryption for nearly all the data its users store in its global cloud-based storage system. That will make it more difficult for hackers, ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Extracting personal information from anonymous cell phone data using machine learning
A research team at Illinois Institute of Technology has extracted personal information, specifically protected characteristics like age and gender, from anonymous cell phone data using machine learning and artificial intelligence ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Protecting identities of panelists in market research
News alert: Just because a marketing research company tells survey participants that their personal information will remain anonymous doesn't mean it's true.
Oct 10, 2022
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New kind of attack called 'downcoding' demonstrates flaws in anonymizing data
When datasets containing personal information are shared for research or used by companies, researchers try to disguise data—removing the final one or two digits of a zip code, for example—while still preserving its utility ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. It promises strengthened safeguards against data collection abuses and ...
Oct 7, 2022
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South Korea fines Google, Meta over privacy violations
South Korea's privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won ($72 million) for tracking consumers' online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements.
Sep 14, 2022
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Whistleblower details foreign agents placed at Twitter, lack of data safeguards
Peiter Zatko, the former Twitter security chief who turned whistleblower, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the social media company's security practices were so weak that foreign governments were able to ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Should you delete your period-tracking apps? A look at data privacy post-Roe
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S., the White House, the Federal Trade Commission and President Biden himself have warned women to be wary of online ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405M euros in teen data case
Irish regulators are slapping Instagram with a big fine after an investigation found the social media platform mishandled teenagers' personal information in violation of strict European Union data privacy rules.
Sep 5, 2022
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