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Data Breach Blackboard

Swedish payments platform Klarna has suffered a security breach incident they disregard as merely an “inconvenience.”Users who attempted to log…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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Unredacted court documents present Google's shady practices around user location data collection.The company purposefully hid settings, pushed them deep into…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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‘UC Browser’ is sending user browsing details to Alibaba’s and UCWeb’s servers even when in incognito mode.The browser is doing…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
signal

Signal wasn’t generating alerts when “safety numbers” on chat rooms are changed in the past couple of months.The IM platform…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Robot painter

Researchers analyzed the 'Voila' app and found no apparent data retention or management violations. The particular app is still somewhat…

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Last updated September 25, 2021

TikTok is facing a massive legal claim in the Netherlands, supported by two consumer protection organizations.The requested reimbursement amount is…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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The owner of “FLVTO.biz” and “2conv.com” now says logging user data would lead to law violations in other countries.The man…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Google Makes Its Privacy Policy Easy To Understand As a Preparation For GDPR

Google introduces new privacy policy in regard to GDPR. The company has simplified their language and implemented illustrations and videos…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
FBI Flag

US federal and national investigation agencies are building their own face recognition databases. The services use data from state DMV…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
NAB_bank

Thirteen thousand customers of the National Australia Bank have had the PII uploaded to 3rd party servers. The act was…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
tencent

Apple’s Safari is sending user IP addresses and some other browsing data to Tencent. The Chinese company has ties with…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
iPhone 11 Pro Promo Image

The iPhone 11 follows a bizarre location services policy that isn’t clear to the user. Even if every app and…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
YouTube

YouTube is ready to kick online harassment out of the platform with the strict new regulation. They are willing to…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
samsung tv

Users who have agreed to the terms of the IBA services on Samsung TVs are having their viewing preferences recorded.…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
fingerprint

A man from Illinois is initiating a class-action lawsuit against a biometrics database provider. The plaintiff accuses the company of…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Privacy at risk

SwiftKey has surpassed half a billion users, and the privacy concerns are getting real now. The app promises not to…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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A Zoom user has submitted a class-action lawsuit against the platform for data privacy law violations. Zoom decided to remove…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
faceapp

FaceApp returns to extreme popularity thanks to a new gender-swapping feature. People are uploading massive amounts of image data to…

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Last updated September 25, 2021

WhatsApp is about to enforce some very worrying data sharing policy changing to its users.The goal is to open the…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
india

The government of India isn’t happy about WhatsApp’s planned privacy policy changes.The IM platform has decided to postpone the changes…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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