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‘Kingdom Leaks’ will go on until January 1, 2021, and then it’ll close down forever.The reasons given are that the…

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Last updated September 27, 2021
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Three large music labels are putting Apple in the defendant’s position in a Moscow court.The case involves three pirate music…

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Last updated September 27, 2021
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The “Music Mission” has released its first findings around pirating platforms, and the size of some is startling. What is…

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Last updated September 27, 2021
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The operator of the ‘.MUSIC’ domain has finally reached a contractual agreement with the ICANN.The prerequisites for getting a domain…

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Last updated September 27, 2021

A report released by the NY Times has revealed how some apps capture and share user location data. 20 apps…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Facebook Is Being Investigated Over Its Data Practices in Seven States

Seven states in the United States are currently investigating Facebook in two groups. The social media company’s data practices and…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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Mozilla and EFF are asking PayPal to consider changing their Venmo privacy-undermining settings. The app has been repeatedly exposed by…

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Last updated September 25, 2021

The French Competition watchdog decided that Apple’s privacy-persevering features may be rolled-out as planned.The agency has rejected an urgent interim…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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Android is going to introduce mandatory data collection and usage purpose declarations on all apps in 2022.This follows Apple’s recent…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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The Hamburg Data Privacy regulator has issued a prohibiting order for WhatsApp.The authority wants to prevent the sharing of German…

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Last updated September 25, 2021

A few apps have collectively exposed millions of sensitive user data due to cloud service misconfigurations. Oftentimes, the embedded keys…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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All Venmo profile images that you have uploaded are easily accessible by anyone who finds your account URL.This privacy problem…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Intermediaries Rules in India taking into effect

The “Intermediaries Rules” that were voted three months ago are coming into effect today. The new rules will force tech…

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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WhatsApp is accusing the Indian government of forcing it to strip privacy protections from its IM product.The software communications company…

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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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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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‘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
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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
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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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