Privacy

Watchdog reveals lingering Google Privacy Sandbox worries

Ad tech rewrite to replace web cookies still not to regulatory taste

Security29 Apr 2024 | 10

Kaiser Permanente handed over 13.4M people's data to Microsoft, Google, others

Ouch!

CSO26 Apr 2024 | 8

UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition

Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm

Security26 Apr 2024 | 89

Google cools on cookie phase-out while regulators chew on plans

Privacy Sandbox slips into 2025 after challenges from UK authorities

Security24 Apr 2024 | 10

If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?

Exclusive One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all

Research24 Apr 2024 | 109

White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care

In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws

Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22

Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE

Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children

Security22 Apr 2024 | 25

Lawsuit accuses Grindr of illegally sharing users' HIV status

LGBTQ+ dating app's maker previously denied selling sensitive user data

Applications22 Apr 2024 | 7

US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate

Sadly no push to end stupid TikTok dances, but ByteDance would have year to offload app stateside

Security22 Apr 2024 | 37

FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price

Updated Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainers

Personal Tech16 Apr 2024 | 18

US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all

Infosec in brief PLUS: Chinese chipmaker Nexperia attacked; A Microsoft-signed backdoor; CISA starts scanning your malware; and more

Security15 Apr 2024 | 12

96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers

Could have been worse – last time researchers checked it was 98.6%

Research11 Apr 2024 | 13

US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good

After two decades of calls for national protections, something may actually happen

Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 39

Reform of USA's Section 702 spying rule may make it to a vote this week

Tool that lets spooks observe Americans appears to have been renewed for another year

Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 12

Head of Israeli cyber spy unit exposed ... by his own privacy mistake

Infosec in brief Plus: Another local government hobbled by ransomware; Huge rise in infostealing malware; and critical vulns

Security08 Apr 2024 | 19

Academics probe Apple's privacy settings and get lost and confused

Just disabling Siri requires visits to five submenus

Security05 Apr 2024 | 30

Lawsuit claims Meta hobbled Facebook Watch to help Netflix

Advertiser antitrust lawsuit says claimed deal with Netflix is anticompetitive

Personal Tech02 Apr 2024 | 2

Google will delete data collected from 'private' browsing

Declares victory in settlement of class action lawsuit, but individual claims remain possible

Personal Tech01 Apr 2024 | 30

Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster

Interview Theresa Payton on why US needs a national privacy law

Public Sector01 Apr 2024 | 63

AT&T admits massive 70M+ mid-March customer data dump is real though old

Still claims the personal info wasn't stolen from its systems

Security01 Apr 2024 | 10

Majority of Americans now use ad blockers

We're dreaming of a white list, because we're just like the ones you used to know

Security27 Mar 2024 | 114

Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption

I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...

Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20

Uncle Sam wants to know how big airlines use passenger data

'Problematic' carriers can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules

Databases22 Mar 2024 | 11

Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies

At least we can all agree on something

Security21 Mar 2024 | 19

We talk to W3C board vice-chair Robin Berjon about the InterPlanetary File System

Interview The decentralized web is alive and well despite Web3 financial scheming

Networks15 Mar 2024 | 8

Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn't leak to ad giant

Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it

Personal Tech14 Mar 2024 | 16

Microsoft calls AI privacy complaint 'doomsday hyperbole'

Plaintiffs seek termination of permissionless and unpaid AI data harvesting

Legal12 Mar 2024 | 31

Airbnb warns hosts who use indoor security cameras they may face eviction

No more creepy snooping? Be my guest

Personal Tech11 Mar 2024 | 32

IAB Europe's ad consent popups pose privacy problem

Court of Justice of the European Union says consent identifers are personal info, subject to GDPR

Personal Tech08 Mar 2024 | 24

Chrome users – get an alert when extensions are in danger of falling into wrong hands

Under New Management is an early-warning system for potential poisoning of add-ons with malware

Applications07 Mar 2024 | 22

IP address X-posure now a feature on Musk's social media thing

Just a little FYI

Personal Tech05 Mar 2024 | 33

US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism

Feature Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended

Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 36

Cops visit school of 'wrong person's child,' mix up victims and suspects in epic data fail

Data watchdog reprimands police force for confusing 2 people with same name and birthday to disastrous results

Security01 Mar 2024 | 118

Turns out cops are super interested in subpoenaing suspects' push notifications

Those little popups may reveal location, device details, IP address, and more

Public Sector29 Feb 2024 | 10

Uncle Sam tells nosy nations to keep their hands off Americans' personal data

Biden readies executive order targeting China, Russia, and pals

Security28 Feb 2024 | 32

Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people's personal data

A name that's commonly shouted by pirates might be a clue, me hearties!

Security23 Feb 2024 | 18

DoorDash coughs up a few bucks after California accuses it of spreading around customer info

Food delivery giant promises to drop off $375,000, no tip

Personal Tech22 Feb 2024 | 3

Europe's data protection laws cut data storage by making information-wrangling pricier

GDPR also slashed processing costs by over a quarter

Public Sector21 Feb 2024 | 45

Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe

Bloc isn't happy with made-in-China network's efforts to protect kids and data

Public Sector20 Feb 2024 | 17

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste

Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win

CSO16 Feb 2024 | 12

'Scandal-plagued' data broker tracked visits to '600 Planned Parenthood locations'

Anti-abortion group said to have used that monitoring to push ad campaign

Personal Tech15 Feb 2024 | 43

Meta says risk of account theft after phone number recycling isn't its problem to solve

Leaves it to carriers, promoting a complaint to Irish data cops from Big Tech's bête noire

Personal Tech13 Feb 2024 | 107

Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban

Updated No photos? No, second operation

Security12 Feb 2024 | 20

Mozilla adds paid-for data-deletion tier to Monitor, its privacy-breach radar

Firefox maker promises to lean on personal info brokers to scrub records

Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 15

That's not the web you're browsing, Microsoft. That's our data

Opinion The one thing you don't want your data security to be is, er, edgy

Software05 Feb 2024 | 77

'Exemplar' digital hospitals trust hit by multiple tech-related traumas

Retrieving electronic records takes 45 minutes and staff say they don't have time to use systems

Public Sector31 Jan 2024 | 25

Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission

Updated What goes together better than Redmond and respecting people's preferences? Everything, really

OSes30 Jan 2024 | 56

As NSA buys up Americans' browser records, Uncle Sam is asked to simply knock it off

If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great

Public Sector26 Jan 2024 | 18

Amazon Ring sounds death knell for surveillance as a service

Tough luck non-Americans, the cops can still see your footage

Personal Tech25 Jan 2024 | 57

COVID-19 test lab accused of exposing 1.3 million patient records to open internet

Now that's a Dutch crunch

Research24 Jan 2024 | 2

France fines Amazon €32M for watching staff so much they'd have to 'justify each break'

French watchdog says non to excessive monitoring of workers as retail giant plans appeal

Legal23 Jan 2024 | 13

Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform

Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law

Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26

EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who's checking on them

'The federal government has almost entirely abdicated its responsibility'

Security22 Jan 2024 | 2

Study: Thousands of businesses just love handing over your info to Facebook

Mmm, Zuck up that data

Personal Tech18 Jan 2024 | 27

Facial recognition tech has outpaced US law – and don't expect the Feds to catch up

Comment Let's be realistic: If the EU can't regulate it well, America definitely won't

Public Sector17 Jan 2024 | 10

Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode data slurp disclaimer in early browser build

After settling privacy lawsuit now admits you're observable even when trying for anonymity

Software17 Jan 2024 | 4