Brazil sues Meta and TikTok for over $500 million for not protecting minors
Meta and TikTok are once again in hot water for allegedly failing to protect minors or limit their …
Privacy
Border agents can’t search cellphones of NYC visitors without a warrant, court rules
A federal court has ruled that United States border agents cannot search cellphones without warrants in the Eastern …
Report finds most subscription services manipulate customers with ‘dark patterns’
Most subscription sites use “dark patterns” to influence customer behavior around subscriptions and personal data, according to a …
EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM
European Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan …
If Clearview AI scanned your face, you may get equity in the company
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI has agreed to an unusual settlement to a class action lawsuit, The …
A hacker obtained Tile customers’ personal information
owner says a hacker obtained personal information on customers of the Bluetooth tracker brand. The details include names, …
Microsoft moves to resolve privacy concerns over its Recall feature
has attempted to soothe privacy concerns regarding , an upcoming Windows feature that’s said to help users resurface …
Leaked Google database reveals its secret privacy and security failures
A collection of leaked internal Google privacy cases provides a rare glimpse into the company’s volume and handling …
Slack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models
Slack trains machine-learning models on user messages, files and other content without explicit permission. The training is opt-out, …
Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status and other info with ad companies
has been sued for allegedly sharing personal information with advertising companies without users’ consent. A lawsuit filed in …
Biden signs bill to reauthorize FISA warrantless surveillance program for two more years
President Biden this weekend a bill that reauthorizes a controversial spying program under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act …
EU criticizes Meta’s ‘privacy for cash’ business model
The European Union doesn't think you should have to choose between giving Meta and other major players your …
Creepy monitoring service sells searchable Discord user data for as little as $5
A data scraping service is selling information on what it claims to be 600 million Discord users. A …