Privacy – Page 10 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

US military is harvesting your metadata & scavenging for truth in DC

Posted on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020By Editor

The US Military Industrial Complex is buying up location data from some of the world’s most popular apps. America’s Pastime has finally broken the glass ceiling with the hiring of Marlin’s General Manager Kim Ng. Georgetown professor and author Chris Chambers discusses his new Trump-era, Washington, DC-based noir thriller ‘Scavanger’. … Read More >US military is harvesting your metadata & scavenging for truth in DC

‘Tracking must not be the rule’: Activist group files complaints against Apple over alleged breach of European privacy laws

Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020By Editor

A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems has filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities, accusing Apple of breaching EU laws with its tracking tool, alleging it handles users’ data without consent. … Read More >‘Tracking must not be the rule’: Activist group files complaints against Apple over alleged breach of European privacy laws

Personal data of 1 million Swedes leaked to Facebook, Google & Microsoft by country’s biggest insurer

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020By Editor

Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, has revealed that it accidentally leaked sensitive private data from one million of its customers to some of the world’s biggest tech companies. … Read More >Personal data of 1 million Swedes leaked to Facebook, Google & Microsoft by country’s biggest insurer

World

Irish regulator launches 2 probes into Facebook after accusations of failing to protect children’s personal data on Instagram

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020By Editor

Ireland is investigating Facebook following allegations that minors could have their phone numbers and email addresses easily exposed on the company’s subsidiary, Instagram. … Read More >Irish regulator launches 2 probes into Facebook after accusations of failing to protect children’s personal data on Instagram

Facebook launches court challenge of Irish watchdog over data transfers from EU to US

Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020By Editor

Social media giant Facebook has launched legal action against the Irish Data Protection Commission in an attempt to halt a proposed order that could stop the company from transferring data from the EU to the US. … Read More >Facebook launches court challenge of Irish watchdog over data transfers from EU to US

USA

US spying program is violating rules on protecting citizen privacy rights, but carry on, FISA court tells FBI

Posted on September 7, 2020September 7, 2020By Editor

The US FISA court has authorized the FBI to continue using a warrantless surveillance program that taps conversations between Americans and non-citizens overseas despite finding that the government is violating privacy rules. … Read More >US spying program is violating rules on protecting citizen privacy rights, but carry on, FISA court tells FBI

Shows

Google ‘illegally’ sharing info with police, hack reveals (Full show)

Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020By Editor

Google has been voluntarily giving users’ private information to law enforcement agencies. They do this on their own initiative, with no warrant required. Rick Sanchez explains the revelation and why we should all be concerned. Then RT America’s Ben Swann reports the details. … Read More >Google ‘illegally’ sharing info with police, hack reveals (Full show)

Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commision regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its privacy. … Read More >Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

EU privacy watchdog orders data transfers to US under ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to stop immediately after Facebook lawsuit

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

The European Union’s Data Protection Board has ordered data transfers between the EU and the US under the ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to cease immediately after the instrument was found incompatible with EU law by a court. … Read More >EU privacy watchdog orders data transfers to US under ‘Privacy Shield’ protocol to stop immediately after Facebook lawsuit

EU Court Again Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Companies Inadequate for Privacy

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020By Editor

This decision shows, yet again, that the U.S. needs much broader, privacy-protective reform, and that Congress’ inaction makes us all less safe, wherever we are. … Read More >EU Court Again Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Companies Inadequate for Privacy

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