Privacy
EA Games leaks personal information of over 1,600 pro FIFA players
EA has already issued a statement apologizing for the situation and reassuring its compromise to protect the privacy of its customers.
France’s national face ID database is coming sooner than expected
How all of this will sit with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is yet to be seen.
Chinese citizens will be forced to pass face ID tests to access the internet
According to the government, it will be up to telecommunications companies in China to deploy facial recognition “tests” to ensure their customers’ true identity.
Rashida Tlaib accused of racism over facial recognition technology comments
“Analysts need to be African Americans, not people that are not,” Tlaib said to Craig, who is black. “I think non-African Americans think African Americans all look the same.
France wants to analyze users’ Facebook profiles and data to find tax fraud
Macron’s government has now moved forward with a proposal that has been sent to France’s parliament, which will open a debate on the draft in mid-October.
Elizabeth Warren hits back at Mark Zuckerberg after leaked audio saying her presidency would suck for Facebook
Zuckerberg said that her becoming president would create “a legal challenge” for his company, but one that he was nevertheless certain Facebook would win.
Andrew Yang proposes policy that would classify all digital data as personal property
Yang is proposing digital rights that make us wonder: why they don’t exist already? In this sense, the candidate is proposing things like the right to be informed of the data that is being collected from you, and how it will be put to use.
European Court of Justice rules that pre-checked boxes for cookie consent are illegal
It is also to be noted that the ruling of this case filed by the German consumer group predates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the May 2018.
Early reports about a US-UK message sharing partnership won’t include encryption “back doors”
Not everyone thinks these reports might be particularly dire when it comes to free speech and online freedoms.
Security firm reportedly spied on Julian Assange in Ecuadorian embassy for the CIA
The security firm was charged with protecting the Ecuadorian embassy in London while Julian Assange was living there.
Dropbox Paper leaks the email address of anyone who’s ever viewed a document
Dropbox says it’s a feature, not a bug.
Microsoft expresses concern over gag orders when feds are snooping on its users
Microsoft is unhappy with the US government’s decision to prevent the company from disclosing the federal inquiry to the two account holders.