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Westminster Recycles Tobacco-Style Panic Campaign for Internet Crackdown
Somewhere in Westminster a whiteboard has “free speech = tobacco” written on it with three exclamation marks.
UK Fines US Platform Imgur for Lack of Age Verification
Britain is trying to extend its regulatory reach to force digital ID-style age checks onto global platforms.
Imgur Withdraws From UK Following Regulator Age Verification Compliance Probe
For now, a platform built on anonymity walks away rather than build ID checkpoints.
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Analysis: The Future of Surveillance? Microsoft Introduces Always-Watching Feature for Every PC
Microsoft’s AI-driven Recall feature logs every action on your PC, raising alarms about security and user privacy – particularly when you look to the future.
The UK Government Is Slammed for Letting Private Facial Recognition Company Off the Hook
A big push for the controversial surveillance tech.
UK Citizens Are Being Refused Entry to Businesses Unless They Download Contact Tracing App
The supposedly optional app is being forced on citizens less than a week after launch.
UK Admits COVID Tracing Program Is Operating Illegally
Data protection assurances are non existent.
UK ISP Virgin Media Appears to Store Customer Passwords in Plain Text, Sends Them to Customers by Post
This means Virgin Media staff or people who get access to the letter containing the password could maliciously access Virgin Media customer accounts.
UK’s ICO Advises That Website Owners Need to Get Users’ Permission to Use Analytics
Whether analytics are considered essential has long been debated among website owners.
Even the UK’s Own Data Watchdog Doesn’t Abide by GDPR Rules, New Report Says
ICO’s privacy notice remains “under construction.”
