Latest Privacy news

France fines Apple for targeted App Store ads without consent

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user's consent.
- Bill Toulas
- January 05, 2023
- 01:52 PM
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Meta to fight €390 million fine for breaching EU data privacy laws

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million after finding that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to consent to personal data processing for targeted advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 04, 2023
- 10:57 AM
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Massive Twitter data leak investigated by EU privacy watchdog

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an inquiry following last month's news reports of a massive Twitter data leak.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 23, 2022
- 10:06 AM
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DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites

DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are now blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and a privacy risk for its users.
- Bill Toulas
- December 22, 2022
- 03:21 PM
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Brave launches FrodoPIR, a privacy-focused database query system

Brave Software developers have created a new privacy-centric database query system called FrodoPIR that retrieves data from servers without disclosing the content of user queries.
- Bill Toulas
- December 22, 2022
- 11:08 AM
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Tor Browser 12.0 brings Apple Silicon support, Android enhancements

The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 12.0, a major version release introducing support for Apple Silicon chips and several enhancements for the Android version.
- Bill Toulas
- December 08, 2022
- 01:03 PM
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Twitter source code indicates end-to-end encrypted DMs are coming

Twitter is reportedly working on finally adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages (DMs) exchanged between users on the social media platform.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2022
- 11:55 AM
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DuckDuckGo now lets all Android users block trackers in their apps

DuckDuckGo for Android's 'App Tracking Protection' feature has reached open beta, allowing all Android users to block third-party trackers across all their installed apps.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2022
- 08:00 AM
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Google to roll out Privacy Sandbox on Android 13 starting early 2023

Google announced today that they will begin rolling out the Privacy Sandbox system on a limited number of Android 13 devices starting in early 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- November 15, 2022
- 01:00 PM
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Google will pay $391M to settle Android location tracking lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a coalition of attorneys general from 40 U.S. states alleging that the search giant tracked Android users' locations since at least 2014 even when they thought location tracking was disabled.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 14, 2022
- 02:14 PM
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Kaspersky to kill its VPN service in Russia next week

Kaspersky is stopping the operation and sales of its VPN product, Kaspersky Secure Connection, in the Russian Federation, with the free version to be suspended as early as November 15, 2022.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2022
- 12:42 PM
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New Samsung Maintenance Mode protects your data during phone repairs

After a successful pilot program in Korea, Samsung is now rolling out 'Maintenance Mode' to select Galaxy devices globally, to help users protect their sensitive data when they hand over their smartphones at service points.
- Bill Toulas
- October 25, 2022
- 11:24 AM
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Clearview AI gets third €20 million fine for illegal data collection

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Clearview AI with €20 million for illegal collection and processing of biometric data belonging to French citizens.
- Bill Toulas
- October 21, 2022
- 10:57 AM
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Google sued over biometric data collection without consent

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has sued Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data belonging to millions of Texans without proper consent.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 20, 2022
- 11:58 AM
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Health system data breach due to Meta Pixel hits 3 million patients

Advocate Aurora Health (AAH), a 26-hospital healthcare system in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, is notifying its patients of an unintentional data breach that impacts 3,000,000 individuals.
- Bill Toulas
- October 20, 2022
- 11:21 AM
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DuckDuckGo for Mac enters public beta, now available to everyone

Mac users can now try the privacy features in the DuckDuckGo browser as the app has entered the beta stage of development.
- Bill Toulas
- October 18, 2022
- 08:00 AM
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- BleepingComputer Deals
- October 12, 2022
- 07:16 AM
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Android leaks some traffic even when 'Always-on VPN' is enabled

Mullvad VPN has discovered that Android leaks traffic every time the device connects to a WiFi network, even if the "Block connections without VPN," or "Always-on VPN," features is enabled.
- Bill Toulas
- October 11, 2022
- 03:48 PM
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Russians dodging mobilization behind flourishing scam market

Ever since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered partial mobilization after facing setbacks on the Ukrainian front, men in Russia and the state's conscript officers are playing a 'cat and mouse' game involving technology and cybercrime services.
- Bill Toulas
- October 02, 2022
- 11:07 AM
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Brave browser to start blocking annoying cookie consent banners

The Brave browser will soon allows users to block annoying and potentially privacy-harming cookie consent banners on all websites they visit.
- Bill Toulas
- September 29, 2022
- 11:07 AM
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