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World

Facebook forces WhatsApp users to share their personal data… or get off the platform

Posted on January 8, 2021By Editor

WhatsApp users must share their personal data with parent company Facebook going forward, the app’s new privacy policy has declared – flying in the face of everything that attracted privacy-oriented users to the platform. … Read More >Facebook forces WhatsApp users to share their personal data… or get off the platform

EU

Spain to keep list of people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination & share data with ‘European partners’— health minister

Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020By Editor

Spain’s health minister said authorities will keep a list of people who decline to get vaccinated and share it with other European countries. The data will be protected and not publicly available, he said. … Read More >Spain to keep list of people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination & share data with ‘European partners’— health minister

USA

Democrat Senator wants govt. to investigate Amazon’s ‘invasive’ fitness tracker, which records user and asks for NUDES

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020By Editor

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar wants Amazon’s new Halo device investigated for its collection of personal data. Even the Washington Post, owned by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, called it “the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested.” … Read More >Democrat Senator wants govt. to investigate Amazon’s ‘invasive’ fitness tracker, which records user and asks for NUDES

EU

Twitter fined €450,000 under EU data privacy rules in world first

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020By Editor

Social networking site Twitter has been fined €450,000 ($547,000) under the EU’s GDPR law in a world first, for failing to provide a timely report about a data breach that made some private tweets public. … Read More >Twitter fined €450,000 under EU data privacy rules in world first

USA

States balk & authorities dissemble as CDC demands personal info on Covid-19 vaccine recipients

Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020By Editor

US states looking to obtain Covid-19 vaccines are being asked to give extensive details on jab recipients to the Centers for Disease Control – data many worry is ripe for abuse – according to the contract they’re required to sign. … Read More >States balk & authorities dissemble as CDC demands personal info on Covid-19 vaccine recipients

World

Apple threatens to block apps that track users without permission under new privacy move

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020By Editor

Tech giant Apple has warned developers that their apps could be pulled from its store if they refuse to comply with a new Tracking Transparency framework it says prevents advertisers from gathering user data. … Read More >Apple threatens to block apps that track users without permission under new privacy move

Oil pirates are DANGEROUSLY CLOSE to US waters

Posted on November 28, 2020November 28, 2020By Editor

After hitting a 25 year low last year, oil piracy came back in a big way in 2020, with pirates moving dangerously close to US waters. … Read More >Oil pirates are DANGEROUSLY CLOSE to US waters

World

Move along, nothing to see here: Australian government insists ‘incidental’ collection of COVIDSafe data didn’t violate privacy

Posted on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020By Editor

Australian intelligence agencies “incidentally” slurped up private data from the country’s much-touted COVIDSafe smartphone app, according to the their inspector-general, who nevertheless insisted no one’s privacy was violated. … Read More >Move along, nothing to see here: Australian government insists ‘incidental’ collection of COVIDSafe data didn’t violate privacy

USA

‘Privacy’ or ‘profit’? Giant corporations Apple & Facebook clash over collecting people’s personal data

Posted on November 20, 2020November 20, 2020By Editor

Apple has slammed Facebook over indiscriminately syphoning users’ personal data as it pushed for its own latest privacy feature. The social media giant, in turn, said Apple’s update is about market dominance, not privacy. … Read More >‘Privacy’ or ‘profit’? Giant corporations Apple & Facebook clash over collecting people’s personal data

EU

EU antitrust investigations too slow and ineffective to rein in tech giants – auditors

Posted on November 19, 2020November 19, 2020By Editor

A new report by the European Court of Auditors has found that the EU’s antitrust investigations are too slow and the fines too ineffective to curb the actions of large tech companies, such as Google and Facebook. … Read More >EU antitrust investigations too slow and ineffective to rein in tech giants – auditors