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At least one out of five public entities in the United States have used Clearview AI facial recognition products.BuzzFeed Newsโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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Fastweb S.p.A. fined โ‚ฌ4.5 Million for launching marketing campaigns without any consideration to GDPR requirements.The ISP was contracting unofficial callโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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A Chrome extension from DuckDuckGo promises to block Googleโ€™s new FLoC tracking system.This is a side effect of Googleโ€™s decisionโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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NY-based clinic Montefiore is circulating yet another notice of a data breach to its patients. This is again a caseโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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Several top-grade VPN products have received yet another certification to verify their security and privacy.The certification comes from the ioXtโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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Apple has released the AirTags with a rich set of features and anti-stalking measures, but are they enough?Thereโ€™s a practicalโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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A Californian grand jury wants Signal to hand over the details of a user involved in a criminal investigation.The IMโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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The data protection authority in Norway is readying to fine Disqus $3 million for GDPR violations.The commenting system is reportedlyโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
IRS

Users who carried out a transaction over $20,000 through Kraken since 2016 will be identified.The IRS is looking to discoverโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
payroll

A New York-based startup is paying people money to let them scrape their employment data.The users will receive $500 onceโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
encryption backdoor

Russia wants to create a global app keys deposit that will work as escrow for justified data access.This way, terroristsโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
echelon

Echelon had a leaky API that exposed very sensitive data about all of its customers.The data security investigation also exposedโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
digital_fingerprint

Researchers have found a simple yet very effective way to create persistent identifiers on internet users.They are abusing application URLโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
wifi

Mobile operating systems have made leaps to strengthen Wi-Fi privacy, but is it enough?Researchers have conducted a large study andโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
Viber launches self-destructible 'Secret Chats' against WhatsApp end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp is not only the best messaging application on the market but also the other applications like Viber, WeChat, Telegramโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
Patches for the KRACK Vulnerability Begin to Trickle Out

A few days ago we all learned with shock that the strong encryption that protects almost every WiFi device inโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
Was Net Neutrality Good What Happens Now that Net Neutrality is Dead

We've been covering net neutrality issues extensively here on TechNadu. Asking folks to oppose the killing of net neutrality inโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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A three-year-old lawsuit filed against Google over its facial recognition has been dismissed by an Illinois State Judge in theโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
Google Opens New Berlin Office

Franceโ€™s data protection regulator CNIL found Google guilty of GDPR violations. The authority has issued a fine of โ‚ฌ50 millionโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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ProtonMail under fire by Swiss lawyer who claims they voluntarily give away user metadata. The service dismisses the claims andโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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