Privacy
UK Conservative party faces enquiries from privacy regulator for micro-targeting
The UK’s privacy watchdog is “making enquiries”.
StockX accused of not disclosing massive data breach of 6.8 million records
The company could face a massive fine after failing to disclose the breach.
Microsoft faces criticism for funding facial recognition surveillance company
The ACLU has announced its disappointment with Microsoft for failing to stick by the principles it said it would abide by.
35% surge in warrant requests of Alexa recordings and other Amazon data
As Amazon collects more data, government requests also increase.
European data protection commissioner orders Google to stop listening to users voice recordings
The group ordered Google to stop immediately while it investigates.
Facebook accused of lying to UK lawmakers over privacy scandals
Members of Parliament want to know why Zuckerberg said he only found out about the Cambridge Analytica issue last year, when staff have said he knew about it a year earlier.
Edward Snowden book to be published in September
The whistleblower and privacy campaigner has written a memoir.
Facebook is working on technology to read your thoughts
Facebook doesn’t need your private info when it can just take your thoughts straight from your brain.
New UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says anti-encryption summit “exciting moment for the UK”
The war against encryption is underway.
Court rules UK’s invasive mass surveillance program is not a breach of human rights
Apparently, bulk data collection of all citizens is perfectly fine.
EU court rules it’s a privacy invasion to have Facebook Like button on websites
Facebook says it’s going to look at the ruling and work out a way to comply.
Facebook is globalizing the idea of bypassing end-to-end encryption by compromising devices
The debate about end-to-end encryption is rendered useless if Facebook is compromising messages before they even leave the device.