Life LinkedIn profiles become the basis for targeting commercials through Amazon Ads Programme will see US-based users targeted on the basis of job title, industry and seniority 13 May
Life YouTube tackles deepfakes with new detection tool, but privacy concerns mount Video site draws criticism over identity verification process 8 Dec
Life Gen Z trust social media platforms almost as much as governments when it comes to handling their data Generational divide opening up over what constitutes sensitive data 10 Oct
Life Shein hit with €150m fine for illegal use of cookies in France Fast fashion giant to appeal GDPR sanction 8 Sep
Pro Proton slowly withdraws from Switzerland Privacy-first service provider pulls back as government prepares surveillance legislation 19 Aug
Life Meta launches new security features on Instagram and Facebook to protect teens Improvements designed to make it easier to block and report suspicious accounts 25 Jul
Life UK considers limiting screen time for children to two hours Teens express concern about inappropriate content and meeting strangers online 25 Jul
Life Public Services Card database declared illegal by Data Protection Commissioner ICCL demands immediate deletion of 3m citizen’s data 13 Jun
Life US TikTok sale deadline extended after China cuts off negotiations due to tarriffs Trump issues another reprieve after talks collapse 7 Apr
Life Trinity study says Google sending device identifiers, ad cookies via native apps In-app cookies present fresh challenge for EU e-Privacy Directive, says academic 25 Feb
Blogs How to disappear Half of Gen Z wants to be deleted from the Internet. Billy MacInnes wonders how it can be done 31 Oct
Life DPC fines Meta €91m over unencrypted passwords Fine issued after material found to be stored in plaintext 27 Sep
Life Telegram shares IP addresses and phone numbers in illegal activities Messaging app makes concessions to French law enforcement 24 Sep
Life Data protection complaint filed against European Parliament Brussels deals with own GDPR violation 22 Aug
Life Advertising cookies remain in Chrome after all Back to the drawing board for Google as privacy effort fails 23 Jul
Trade Europe takes action against Meta over Facebook subscription model Brussels not happy with 'pay or ok' pricing 2 Jul
Pro California’s vision of regulation through innovation The state has learned a few lessons from GDPR and has a few tricks of its own, Microsoft's Kieran McCorry tells Niall Kitson 24 Jan
Radio The Big Dish with a huge role in space exploration The race to save a piece of Ireland's telecommunications history and its future role in space exploration 13 Oct
Life TikTok hit with €345m fine over processing child user data Child protection at heart of sanctions against video sharing network 15 Sep
Life Gartner: EU-US Data Transfer Framework will be overturned within five years Analyst dubs adequacy ruling “Déjà EU” 11 Jul
Life UK regulator threatens TikTok with £27m fine over children’s privacy Social media firm issued with a notice for potential violations of data protection laws 26 Sep
Trade Oracle’s massive advertising database operates without user consent, lawsuit claims Rights organisers have accused Oracle of collecting an undue level of sensitive data to identify consumers online 25 Aug
Life Brave pushes the boundaries of privacy by design It’s a big step to abandon Chrome, Edge and Safari for a niche option that doesn’t just tack privacy on top, says Davey Winder 9 Aug
Life Google fined $971k for litigation misconduct in privacy suit The sanction was imposed after the tech giant failed to disclose key pieces of evidence pertinent to the case 19 Jul
Life UK scraps parts of GDPR in Data Reform Bill The reforms include an overhaul to the Information Commissioner's Office and a watering-down of rules around consent for scientific research 17 Jun
Pro India backtracks on biometric ID system warning Despite alerting citizens to problems with the system, it has now withdrawn the warning two days after its publication 30 May
Trade The cookie phase-out might precede an AdTech apocalypse With the industry phasing out third party cookies, what does this mean for businesses reliant on them to track and improve their campaigns? 23 May
Trade EU rules against Meta in data privacy row The European Court of Justice says consumer groups can take legal action over data privacy breaches 29 Apr
Life Google adds ‘reject all’ cookie buttons to appease EU regulators New banners will be applied to Search and YouTube in France before rolling out across Europe 22 Apr
Blogs Information wants to be free but are you? Jason Walsh argues it's time to stop confusing privacy with anonymity when saying the unsayable 23 Mar
Pro US senators urge Labor Department to drop facial recognition In half of US states, workers filing for unemployed insurance must create an account with ID.me 16 Feb
Life Privacy and security of personal data biggest concerns for senior citizens online More than half of older people believe they would feel less isolated if they could connect to others online 16 Feb
Life Texas sues Facebook for misusing facial recognition data State wants up to $25,000 per alleged violation for discontinued programme 16 Feb
Pro Zoom users claim macOS app keeps ‘listening’ after meetings end Numerous users report 'privacy breaches' as macOS indicators revealed the device's microphone enabled long after meetings had ended 14 Feb
Life Google and competition watchdog agree on rules governing cookie policy changes The news comes as the European Publishers Council (EPC) issued a European Commission antitrust complaint against Google 11 Feb
Life SFI research centres collaborate with Meta on data protection, privacy SFI Research Centres to collaborate with Meta to accelerate data privacy innovations 27 Jan
Insights Will data security turn a corner in 2022? Balancing policy and technology could be the difference this year 11 Jan
Life Apple shifts stance on CSAM scanning following widespread criticism The tech giant will now only flag images that had been supplied by clearinghouses in multiple countries 16 Aug
Life Privacy concerns mount over Apple’s plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse images Edward Snowden publicly criticised Apple’s decision, comparing the tech giant’s flagship devices to surveillance agents 6 Aug
Life WhatsApp privacy update in breach of EU directives, says consumer watchdog BEUC accuses messaging platform of breaching consumer rights through "vague" policy prompt 13 Jul
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