Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M for violating user privacy by using behavioral data analysis for targeted advertising. Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M after finding its use of behavioral data for targeted ads violated privacy laws, requiring compliance changes. The DPC’s inquiry was launched following an initial complaint to the French Data […]
Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) helps organizations address evolving data security and privacy requirements by protecting and managing sensitive information. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) comes into play– an essential solution for addressing evolving data security and privacy requirements Data plays a significant role and will continue to do so in the future. Consider the […]
The Tor Project and Tails OS have joined forces and merged operations to counter a growing number of digital threats. The Tor Project and Tails have merged operations to enhance collaboration and expand training, outreach, and strengthen both organizations’ efforts to protect users globally from digital surveillance and censorship. The two organizations aim to better […]
Privacy non-profit noyb filed a complaint with the Austrian DPA against Firefox for enabling tracking in Firefox without user consent. Privacy non-profit None Of Your Business (noyb) has filed a complaint with Austria’s data protection authority (DSB) against Mozilla for enabling the privacy feature Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) in Firefox without user consent. Noyb claims that […]
Telegram will provide user data to law enforcement agencies in response to valid legal requests, according to a recent policy update Telegram has updated its privacy policy informing users that it will share users’ phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement in response to valid legal requests. The company CEO Pavel Durov announced the […]
The maintainers of the Tor Project have responded to claims that German police have devised a technique to deanonymize users. The maintainers of the Tor Project have responded to claims that German law enforcement has devised a technique to deanonymize its users. According to German media, law enforcement has infiltrated the anonymizing network and in […]
Users are exploiting a privacy flaw in WhatsApp to bypass the app’s “View once” feature, allowing them to re-view messages. The ‘View Once‘ feature in WhatsApp allows users to send photos, videos, and voice messages that can only be viewed once by the recipient. Recipients cannot forward, share, or copy the “View Once” media, and […]
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290M for violating the EU data protection regulation while sending sensitive driver data to the U.S. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with the EU data protection regulation GPDR when transferring the […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, for extensive violations of children’s privacy laws. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok Inc., its parent company ByteDance Ltd., and their affiliates […]
Brazil’s data protection authority temporarily banned Meta from using data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Brazil’s data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has imposed a temporary ban on Meta from processing users’ personal data for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models. “The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) issued […]