Privacy
UK Supreme Court rules that Morrisons can't be held responsible for 2014 data breach
The company was facing compensation claims from thousands of former and current employees over the security incident
Zoom hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook
The lawsuit claims that Zoom has violated the California's Consumer Privacy Act
Hack from Home 'virtual hackathon' aims to kickstart privacy-enhanced apps to alleviate the COVID-19 crisis
Hackathon this weekend is supported by NHSX, Samsung and a number of global universities
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?
Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners
ICO approves use of British mobile phone tracking data to fight spread of coronavirus
Regulator okays the use of anonymised phone tracking data to help tackle the spread of COVID-19
Hackers start selling and distributing Sodinokibi data leaks on hacking forums
The data allegedly belongs to consultancy Brooks International, which refused to pay ransom to cyber criminals
Health secretary Matt Hancock: Coronavirus response work covered by exemptions from GDPR
'GDPR has a clause excepting work in the overwhelming public interest', says Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock
Brave accuses Google of infringing the 'purpose limitation' principle of GDPR
Brave describes Google's privacy policies as 'hopelessly vague and unspecific'
UK publishes framework for talks on post-Brexit EU-UK data flows
Trade in 'data enabled services' between the UK and EU is valued at more than £120 billion
Facebook, Google and other tech firms pledge to follow new guidelines to fight online child abuse
Other tech firms have also shown interest in implementing the guidelines
Deepfakes and the detection challenge
The issue of deepfakes, as depicted in the BBC TV drama The Capture, is only going to get worse, warn Kemp Little's Joanna Conway and Oriana Williams
Seven people wrongfully apprehended by Met Police during Oxford Circus facial recognition deployment
Big Brother Watch claims 86 per cent of alerts flag innocent members of the public
TikTok is 'fundamentally parastic' and little more than 'spyware', says Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
Popular social media app TikTok is 'always listening’ and its fingerprinting technology is ‘truly terrifying’, claims Reddit’s Hoffman
EU plans to link member states' facial recognition databases
Human rights advocates are, however, concerned about possible privacy breaches
AT&T mobile users blocked from accessing Tutanota encrypted email
Some US users have been locked out for two weeks.
Met Police begins deploying live facial recognition cameras in Stratford
Met Police announced last month that live facial recognition would be permanently integrated into everyday policing
Google Photos download feature mixed up users' archives
Your videos could have been downloaded with someone else's data export, Google admits
ProtonMail and StartMail blocked by Russia
Encrypted email providers say its part of the country's crackdown on digital privacy
Ring App packed with third-party trackers and data shared with analytics firms
Privacy group accuses Amazon's Ring security doorbell app of sharing data with analytics firms, including Facebook
Escape from Google: 12 privacy-promoting search engines reviewed
If you can live without personalisation there are plenty of alternatives
California's new consumer privacy law comes into effect this week
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act offers Californians several basic rights
Facebook to stop using 2FA phone numbers for friend suggestions
The change is being introduced in five countries this week
European Court of Justice Privacy Shield legal opinion to be published on Thursday
ECJ advocate general also considering whether EU's standard contractual clauses provide sufficient protection for European consumers
Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users, rules FTC
Now defunct firm is now required to delete all the data it collected on Facebook users
