Privacy

Texas sues GM for selling driver data to analytics, insurance companies

Lone Star State alleges GM cashed in with "millions in lump sum payments" from the sale

Security14 Aug 2024 | 30

Mega money, unfathomable violence pervade thriving underground doxxing scene

Black Hat It also attracts exactly the type of unempathetic people you would think it does

Cyber-crime12 Aug 2024 | 8

Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim

Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data

Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5

Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won't cost businesses billions

Some scowl, some smile, as fines no longer apply every time your mugshot or fingerprint is shared

Security06 Aug 2024 | 4

NFL to begin using face scanning tech across all of its stadiums

Smile for the camera to get in, or buy a beer without lining up

Security06 Aug 2024 | 7

Keir Starmer says facial recognition tech is the answer to far-right riots

The technology remains highly controversial despite widespread rollout

Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 292

Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance'

Insight Redmond disputes some claims made in Cracked Labs probe

SaaS31 Jul 2024 | 36

Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends

Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals

AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 16

Car makers sold people's driving habits, location data for pennies, say US senators

Khaan! Khaaaaaan!

Personal Tech29 Jul 2024 | 44

US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching your phones, devices

Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they're way too busy to take a look

Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 38

Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome's Topics ad tech

Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox – tho the risk isn't as high as feared

Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 8

School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen

Watchdog reprimand follows similar cases in 2021

Security24 Jul 2024 | 96

Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

Updated Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them

Security24 Jul 2024 | 73

Google's plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles

Ad giant promises to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues

Software23 Jul 2024 | 60

What does Google Gemini do with your data? Well, it's complicated...

Big misconception is that data ingestion is occurring, we're told

AI + ML22 Jul 2024 | 10

Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away

Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action

Security22 Jul 2024 | 6

Cellebrite got into Trump shooter's Samsung device in just 40 minutes

Infosec in brief Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more

Security22 Jul 2024 | 63

Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI

Move follows Instagram and Facebook giant's decision to reverse direction in EU after protests

Security16 Jul 2024 | 10

Microsoft ad subsidiary Xandr accused of violating GDPR

Updated Access, deletion requests go ignored, and consumer profiles contradict themselves, complaint alleges

SaaS09 Jul 2024 | 8

Peloton faces lawsuit over claims it pedaled past privacy

Chat widget allegedly fed data to third party, which used it to train AI without telling customers

AI + ML08 Jul 2024 | 8

War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court

Talk about painfully invasive processes

Bootnotes02 Jul 2024 | 51

Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans

Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not

Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 40

America's best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good

Analysis 'Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal'

Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 32

Google’s attempt to kill off child privacy app advertising lawsuit defeated

Won't somebody pleeease think of the ... oh, right, they are

Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 5

EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians

If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security

Security18 Jun 2024 | 75

What's up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It's all about 'privacy-centric advertising'

Analysis Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes?

Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 49

Meta accused of trying to discredit ad researchers

As more than 70 civil society groups sign open letter slamming 'intimidation'

Personal Tech16 Jun 2024 | 35

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'

AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41

Clearview AI reaches 'creative' settlement with privacy suit plaintiffs: A conditional IOU

Biz too broke, class too big to settle now; agrees to pay in limited circumstances like an IPO, liquidation

Personal Tech14 Jun 2024 | 14

Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M

Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was

Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 25

Google's Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim

Updated Chocolate Factory accused of misleading Chrome browser users

Security13 Jun 2024 | 8

Adios, accountability: X to hide 'likes' for everyone this week

Hello, blackmail: Posters can still see who liked their stuff even if it's a secret from the rest of the digital town square

Applications12 Jun 2024 | 44

Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out

What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'?

AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22

DuckDuckGo AI Chat promises privacy for bot conversations

There's also an off switch

AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 16

Meta faces multiple complaints in Europe over plans to train AI on user data

Opt out, if you can, or prepare for your posts to be ingested

AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 57

Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall

As tool emerges to probe OS feature's SQLite-based store of user activities

OSes06 Jun 2024 | 114

Microsoft accused of tracking kids with education software

Updated Privacy group seeks clarification of whether EU data protection law has been breached

Security04 Jun 2024 | 45

US standards agency reports back on just how good age verification software is

Getting better, but more work needed

Networks03 Jun 2024 | 23

Google to push ahead with Chrome's ad-blocker extension overhaul in earnest

Starting Monday, users will gradually be warned the end is near

Applications31 May 2024 | 77

Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks

Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build'

OSes25 May 2024 | 75

'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Tory comms leaked thanks to a barefooted Johnny Mercer’s wayward situational awareness

Offbeat24 May 2024 | 213

How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe

In-depth SpaceX is smart on this, Cupertino and GL.iNet not so much

Networks23 May 2024 | 78

Can I phone a friend? How cops circumvent face recognition bans

Updated Just ask a pal in a neighboring town with laxer restrictions

Security20 May 2024 | 9

Nissan infosec in the spotlight again after breach affecting more than 50K US employees

Infosec in brief PLUS: Connected automakers put on notice; Cisco Talos develops macOS fuzzing technique; Last week's critical vulns

Security20 May 2024 | 2

An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen

Feature Follow us down this deep rabbit hole of privacy policy after privacy policy

Personal Tech18 May 2024 | 140

Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI

Now Google and OpenAI can slurp up your precious memes and priceless comments

AI + ML17 May 2024 | 9

Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update

Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while

Personal Tech15 May 2024 | 53

Google I/O is Google A/I as search biz goes all-in on AI

Chrome is getting an onboard artificial intelligence model that devs can query

AI + ML14 May 2024 | 5

Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm

After years of people being victimized, it's about time

Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28

Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue

Breaking news, perhaps literally: AI content blocking tool in Safari for iOS

Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 38

Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web

IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit

Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 35

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 34

Meta, Spotify break Apple's device fingerprinting rules – new claim

Updated And the iOS titan doesn't seem that bothered with data leaking out

Research07 May 2024 | 29

End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box

interview Internet Society's Robin Wilton tells us the war on privacy won't be won by the plod

Security05 May 2024 | 84

Dating apps kiss'n'tell all sorts of sensitive personal info

Interview Privacy Not Included label slapped on 22 of 25 top lonely-hearts corners

Security04 May 2024 | 40

A million Australian pubgoers wake up to find personal info listed on leak site

Updated Man arrested and blackmail charges expected after allegations of unpaid contractors and iffy infosec

Security02 May 2024 | 36