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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
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
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
google

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
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
uc_browser

‘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
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
user_data_sale

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
court_law

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
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