Privacy
ProtonMail benefits: An email service for everyone that values privacy – which should be everyone
ProtonMail is sending a message that we can still fight for something greater.
Poland issues its first ever GDPR fine
The fine was levied against an unnamed company which processed the personally identifiable information of over six million Polish citizens without their consent.
Google’s AMP for Gmail is everything you never wanted, and a middle finger to the open standards of the internet
The future of internet looks like everything that it wasn’t supposed to be.
Apple Card vs Blur Masked Cards vs Privacy.com Virtual Cards: Which is the best for privacy and security with online purchases?
Apple Card is the latest offering in the private credit card space. Here’s how its privacy and security features stack up when compared with Blur Masked Cards and Privacy.com Virtual Cards.
The draconian Australian anti-encryption bill is putting companies off storing data in Australia
According to Bill Smith, Australia had for a long time remained a ‘comfortable’ place for foreign investors and governments to store their data.
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile data privacy policies and business models are about to be investigated by the FTC
The FTC would like to know whether ISPs aggregate, anonymize or deidentify information, and what options their consumers have in accessing, correcting or deleting personal data.
Facebook was aware of concerns around Cambridge Analytica’s improper data gathering practices months before public reports
New court filings show Facebook employees heard speculation that Cambridge Analytica was scraping data months before public reports on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
New study finds top rated Android health apps are sharing data with Amazon, Google, and Facebook
Amazon and Google received the highest volume of data from these health apps followed by Microsoft.
Prosecutors used the CLOUD act to force Google to hand over Michael Cohen’s Gmail, Google Drive and contacts data
Under the CLOUD Act, investigators were able to obtain a warrant which gave them access to the emails, contact, and files Cohen had stored in his Google account.
UK porn block law: How the creepy age verification systems will work
The age verification systems will include online account based verification, app and voucher based verification, and facial scanning verification.
The US government is using images of citizens without their consent, including dead people and exploited minors, to test facial recognition tech
People are being captured at their most vulnerable positions and their images are being used without knowledge or consent.
Slack announces support for encrypted chat, letting enterprise users manager their own encryption keys
This update was launched to favor customers from regulated industries, such as the finance and medical sector, who need greater grip over security and privacy.