A €14.5 million (U.S. $17.2 million) fine against Deutsche Wohnen issued more than two years ago has been dropped after a German court found under German law the property company could not be held responsible for violating the European Union’s strict privacy laws unless blame could be attached to a specific individual or executive.
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) imposed a total fine of 6.000.000 EUR on CAIXABANK for unlawfully processing clients’ personal data (4.000.000 EUR) and not providing sufficient information regarding the processing of personal data (2.000.000 EUR). The AEPD considered that the document designed to comply with the information did not include enough information regarding the […]
The use of “invisible” tracking tech in emails is now “endemic”, according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC’s request. 66% of emails sent to its users’ personal accounts contained a “spy pixel”, even after excluding for spam.Emails pixels can be used to log:– if and when an email is opened– […]
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Key to bringing the mob to justice has been the event’s digital detritus: location data, geotagged photos, facial recognition, surveillance cameras and crowdsourcing. So when they stormed the Capitol their apps tracked them down and identified individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data. Read more about this article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html
Browser ‘Favicons’ can be used as undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to track you online. Favicons can break through incognito mode, VPNs, and Pi-holes to track your movement online. Read more of this article here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v5y7/browser-favicons-can-be-used-as-undeletable-supercookies-to-track-you-online
Comparitech researchers analyzed 40+ dark web marketplaces to find out how much your credit card, Paypal, and Social Security Numbers are worth to cybercriminals. Read more about this article here: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/dark-web-prices/