Someone is allegedly selling up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. A data sample investigated by Cybernews likely confirms this to be true.
The CNIL pronounced against the company Discord INC. a fine of 800,000 euros for failing to comply with several GDPR obligations, in particular with regard to retention periods and the security of personal data. Discord is a voice over IP (technology that allows users to chat via their microphone and/or webcam over the Internet) and […]
Google has settled in the United States for misleadingly obtaining location data from millions of users for an amount of $ 391 million. Forty US states participated in the lawsuit against the tech company. According to state attorneys general, Google has violated consumer law by misleading users about location settings since at least 2014. This […]
New research suggests that even if you disable the sharing of Device Analytics and turn on other privacy settings, Apple apps track you; data is being collected by a number of Apple iPhone apps—the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Books, and Stocks.
CNIL fined Clearview AI with €20 Million for processing data without legal basis and orders to delete data already collected. Clearview AI is an US FacialRecognition company, providing software to companies, law enforcement, universities, and individuals. The company’s algorithm matches faces to a database of more than 20 billion images indexed from the Internet, including […]
The order will create a new body within the U.S. Department of Justice that will oversee how American national security agencies are able to access and use information from both European and U.S. citizens. It will also give new powers to the civil liberties protection officials within the U.S. Office of the Director of National […]
There is still no new agreement for the exchange of data between organizations in the European Union and the United States, as a result of which organziations continue to violate the GDPR, according to privacy activist Max Schrems. After the European Court of Justice declared the Privacy Shield treaty invalid in 2020, new agreements are […]
The British privacy regulator ICO is considering imposing a fine of EUR 30 million on TikTok for possibly violating privacy legislation. Investigation by the ICO shows that the platform may not have protected the privacy of children and would therefore be in violation of UK data protection law. TikTok may have processed data from children […]
Danish organizations and companies are no longer allowed to use Google Analytics unless they take additional measures such as setting up a proxy, the Danish privacy regulator has ruled. In doing so, the Danish data protection authority follows other European privacy regulators, including those from Austria, Italy and France, who also prohibit the use of […]
The South-Korean watchdog fined Google and Meta for not having implemented legitimate consent in the process of collecting information from users who visit their websites and use other websites as well as apps for customized advertisements.