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Online privacy policies may not only be difficult to find but nonexistent, according to Penn State researchers who crawled millions of websites and found that only one-third of online organizations made their privacy policy ...
Oct 27, 2023
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A big year for privacy just got bigger. On July 16, Europe's top court ruled on the legality of two mechanisms for cross-border transfers of personal data.
Jul 31, 2020
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Austrian online privacy activist Max Schrems has taken on a new battle: taking Google to task for the "illegal" tracking code on its Android mobile phones.
Apr 21, 2021
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Internet
We have reached a key juncture in the debate about online privacy, following Meta's recent decision to offer some users paid-for ad-free access to Facebook and Instagram. The time has come to decide how much we value keeping ...
Nov 15, 2023
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As US lawmakers head home without agreeing on consumer privacy legislation, a new California law is set to become the de facto national standard, potentially leaving consumers and businesses confused over rules for personal ...
Dec 22, 2019
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A German privacy watchdog said Thursday that it is fining clothing retailer H&M 35.3 million euros ($41 million) after the company was found to have spied on some of its employees in Germany.
Oct 1, 2020
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Internet
On March 12, the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, the internet's founder Tim Berners-Lee said we needed to "fix the web."
Nov 27, 2019
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Business
Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ($267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people's data with ...
Sep 2, 2021
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Internet
After the overturning of Roe v Wade in the U.S., tracking reproductive information has never been riskier. In many U.S. states, millions seeking and providing abortions could soon face criminal charges. Online conversations ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Internet
As soon as news leaked in May of the possible reversal of Roe v. Wade, a drumbeat began on social media: Delete your period trackers. With abortion rights under threat, new fears arose that the health data stored on such ...
Jul 11, 2022
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