Privacy

Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it

We call this lead degeneration

Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 18

Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?

A former exec believes in the non-profit's mission, says the battle lines have changed

Applications13 Nov 2024 | 83

IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing

Privacy lawsuit blows this way alleging disclosure of names, email addresses, geo info, video titles without permission

Personal Tech08 Nov 2024 | 1

Your air fryer might be snitching on you to China

Report shines light on unexpected ways your devices sell you out

Networks05 Nov 2024 | 170

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules

US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics

Security26 Oct 2024 | 18

US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech

TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google

Security22 Oct 2024 | 6

US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'

Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish

Public Sector21 Oct 2024 | 7

RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims' data

Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops

Security11 Oct 2024 | 21

Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse

Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?

Offbeat10 Oct 2024 | 125

GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns

A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies

Software10 Oct 2024 | 3

Smart TVs are spying on everyone

Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change

Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 127

National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits 'hundreds of millions' potentially affected

One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets

Cyber-crime09 Oct 2024 | 65

Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss

What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen

Software08 Oct 2024 | 27

Embattled users worn down by privacy options? Let them eat code

Opinion Struggle ye not with cookies, lest ye become a cookie monster

Security07 Oct 2024 | 66

Ryanair faces GDPR turbulence over customer ID checks

Irish data watchdog opens probe after 'numerous complaints'

Security05 Oct 2024 | 69

Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds

'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'

Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 115

Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it

Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else

Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 38

T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs

At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than 'long overdue'

CSO30 Sep 2024 | 4

UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'

Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims

Security26 Sep 2024 | 146

Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite

Updated Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default

Applications25 Sep 2024 | 69

Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh

Four Chocolate Factory trackers cracked the Top 25 in all regions

Security24 Sep 2024 | 16

Cloudflare tightens screws on site-gobbling AI bots

When robots.txt just ain't cutting the mustard

AI + ML24 Sep 2024 | 13

Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops

Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind

Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36

No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom

Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals

Personal Tech19 Sep 2024 | 26

LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in

Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted

AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 89

Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line

Cops to citizens will be 'on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting'

AI + ML16 Sep 2024 | 52

Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view

No love for months-long wait to fix this, either

Research13 Sep 2024 | 8

Google Chrome gets a mind of its own for some security fixes

Browser becomes more proactive about trimming unneeded permissions and deceptive notifications

Security12 Sep 2024 | 11

EU kicks off an inquiry into Google's AI model

Privacy regulator taking a closer look at data privacy and PaLM 2

Security12 Sep 2024 | 8

The future everyone wanted – in-car ads tailored to your journey and passengers

Correction, no one wanted – well, except perhaps these patent filers at Ford

Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 88

WhatsApp's 'View Once' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw

Video It promised vanishing messages, but now 'it's privacy theater'

Security09 Sep 2024 | 8

Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says

Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission

Personal Tech05 Sep 2024 | 93

Facebook whistleblower calls for transparency in social media, AI

Frances Haugen says navigating the digital world requires a North Star

Software27 Aug 2024 | 14

Netherlands fines Uber €290M for improper EU-US driver data transfers

The ride-sharing provider insists it broke no rules during the three-year legal gap

Off-Prem26 Aug 2024 | 17

31.5M invoices, contracts, patient consent forms, and more exposed to the internet

Exclusive Unprotected database with 12 years of biz records yanked offline

CSO26 Aug 2024 | 28

Russia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are coming

Forget about your love life too, no dating apps until the war is over

Security21 Aug 2024 | 169

Top companies ground Microsoft Copilot over data governance concerns

Securiti's Jack Berkowitz polled 20-plus CDOs, and half have hit pause

AI + ML21 Aug 2024 | 43

Texas sues GM for selling driver data to analytics, insurance companies

Lone Star State alleges GM cashed in with "millions in lump sum payments" from the sale

Security14 Aug 2024 | 30

Mega money, unfathomable violence pervade thriving underground doxxing scene

Black Hat It also attracts exactly the type of unempathetic people you would think it does

Cyber-crime12 Aug 2024 | 8

Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim

Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data

Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5

Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won't cost businesses billions

Some scowl, some smile, as fines no longer apply every time your mugshot or fingerprint is shared

Security06 Aug 2024 | 4

NFL to begin using face scanning tech across all of its stadiums

Smile for the camera to get in, or buy a beer without lining up

Security06 Aug 2024 | 8

Keir Starmer says facial recognition tech is the answer to far-right riots

The technology remains highly controversial despite widespread rollout

Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 292

Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance'

Insight Redmond disputes some claims made in Cracked Labs probe

SaaS31 Jul 2024 | 36

Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends

Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals

AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 16

Car makers sold people's driving habits, location data for pennies, say US senators

Khaan! Khaaaaaan!

Personal Tech29 Jul 2024 | 44

US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching your phones, devices

Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they're way too busy to take a look

Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 38

Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome's Topics ad tech

Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox – tho the risk isn't as high as feared

Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 8

School gets an F for using facial recognition on kids in canteen

Watchdog reprimand follows similar cases in 2021

Security24 Jul 2024 | 96

Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

Updated Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them

Security24 Jul 2024 | 72

Google's plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles

Ad giant promises to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues

Software23 Jul 2024 | 60

What does Google Gemini do with your data? Well, it's complicated...

Big misconception is that data ingestion is occurring, we're told

AI + ML22 Jul 2024 | 10

Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away

Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action

Security22 Jul 2024 | 6

Cellebrite got into Trump shooter's Samsung device in just 40 minutes

Infosec in brief Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more

Security22 Jul 2024 | 63

Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI

Move follows Instagram and Facebook giant's decision to reverse direction in EU after protests

Security16 Jul 2024 | 10

Microsoft ad subsidiary Xandr accused of violating GDPR

Updated Access, deletion requests go ignored, and consumer profiles contradict themselves, complaint alleges

SaaS09 Jul 2024 | 8