Privacy
Facebook threatens to quit EU after spat with Irish regulator
Facebook has threatened to halt operations in Europe, after Ireland's data regulator told it to stop sending citizens' data to the USA
US and EU like 'two trains colliding' on privacy says activist Schrems
Schrems 'pretty much done with waiting' for a resolution to the Facebook privacy case after seven years and five court cases
Please, I'm Ben Todd and there's only one of me: The case for a unified identity
We need a single digital identity to authenticate us at work, prove who we are to our energy company, and let us log in seamlessly to our favourite news site
Government's test-and-trace programme is illegal under GDPR
The government skipped essential data privacy impact assessments in its rush to get the system up and running
Why companies don't need to turn to surveillance technologies to push for remote-working productivity
There are ways to promote collaboration without having to resort to micromanaging or using intrusive surveillance tools
Why data sovereignty will reign in a post-Schrems 2.0 open source world
Privacy activist Max Schrem's court victory creates an ideal opportunity for open source and open data approaches, says OpenUK's Amanda Brock
US mulls a ban on TikTok and other Chinese social media apps
'We are taking this very seriously,' Pompeo says
Privacy-focused search engine Startpage gives more details of the System1 investment
'System1 is interested in Startpage’s ad revenue, not its data', company says
TikTok is spying on you via the clipboard, researchers warn iPhone users
Social media app monitors the universal clipboard and can use it to pinpoint location
Google to automatically delete new users' search and location history after 18 months
But existing users will need to change the settings for themselves
Covid-19 contact tracing app: government u-turns to adopt decentralised Apple - Google API model
After a series of delays and warnings from cyber security and privacy experts, the government is abandoning its centralised approach to Covid-19 data collection
Twitter deletes 170,000 Chinese propaganda accounts, Zoom blocks US-Chinese activists over Tiananmen call
A year ago Twitter was accused of bowing to Chinese pressure, now it's Zoom's turn
After IBM and Amazon, Microsoft bans facial recognition sales to police
Brad Smith, Microsoft President, says people's human rights needs to be protected as the technology is deployed
Amazon suspends police use of its facial recognition technology for one year
But no mention of use by intelligence agencies, the military and other law enforcement bodies
IBM will no longer develop or sell facial recognition software
Big Blue says it's worried about racial profiling and mass surveillance
Personal information collected by NHS Test and Trace to be kept for 20 years
And there is 'no absolute right' for people to delete their personal data after the pandemic has passed
UK contact tracing app: will it be effective?
Emma Wright, Partner at technology and digital specialist law firm Kemp Little, discusses the various thorny issues around the NHSX contact tracing app, including its effectiveness, the privacy issues surrounding the technology, and possible discriminatory...
Do we need tougher breach notification rules?
The Travelex ransomware raises the question, once again, of whether organisations should be obliged to provide more information
Lifting lockdown: the emerging role of the contact tracing app
The NHSX contact tracing app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight, but has the government picked the best approach for privacy and effectiveness?
Xiaomi is tracking users through browser and other apps, security researchers claim
The Chinese firm is currently among the world's top four smartphone manufacturers by market share
Fairphone partners with /e/OS for a privacy-enhanced version of its FP3 smartphone
/e/OS is a 'de-Googled' fork of Android with trackers removed
Covid-19 contact tracing app based on Apple-Google API could be vulnerable to data harvesting, EEF warns
Accurately estimating the distance between two devices is also a significant challenge
Privacy experts express serious concern at NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing app
A letter signed by over a hundred privacy experts and academics following a meeting of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee as they debate the app, has been published with almost 200 signatories
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