DUBLIN (REUTERS) – TikTok’s lead data privacy regulator in the European Union has opened two inquiries into the Chinese-owned short-video platform related to the processing…
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China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect Nov. 1
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s National People’s Congress on Friday passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy from Nov.…
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Apple says photos in iCloud will be checked by child abuse detection system
(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday said that iPhone users’ entire photo libraries will be checked for known child abuse images if they are stored…
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Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to 'a real shooting war'
U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks to members of “the intelligence community workforce and its leadership” during a visit to the Office of…
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U.S. directs agencies to apply patches to Microsoft servers
FILE PHOTO: White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger gives an update on the Biden administration’s response to the…
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Child safety trumps privacy as schools join abuse information-sharing scheme
Victorian schools, kindergartens and childcare centres will soon be authorised to share and receive sensitive information about vulnerable children without parental consent, in a bid…
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Exclusive: EU's Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone…
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The Truth About Your WhatsApp Data
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. There was a backlash to WhatsApp in…
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Google, adtech firms hit with fresh EU privacy complaints
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms were hit with fresh privacy complaints to national watchdogs in six EU countries on Thursday over…
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Google, adtech firms targets of fresh EU privacy complaints
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over…
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Apple targeted by privacy campaigner who took on Facebook
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An Austrian privacy advocacy group drew a strongly…
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Revamped EU data transfer tool may be ready by Christmas
FILE PHOTO: Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager addresses the media during a joint statement with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (not…
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Amazon Unveils Drone That Films Inside Your Home. What Could Go Wrong?
When Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, promised in 2013 that drones would soon be flying everywhere delivering packages, a miniature camera whirring through homes and…
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Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected…
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EU court strikes down EU-U.S. data transfer tool in Facebook case
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Europe’s top court on Thursday rejected the validity of a mechanism used by thousands of companies to send data to the United…
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Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google records what people are doing on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps even when they follow the…
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Explainer: How the U.S. seeks to protect children's privacy online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – TikTok is under investigation for allegedly violating a settlement reached with U.S. authorities last year that resolved charges the popular app broke…
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Exclusive: U.S. probing allegations TikTok violated children's privacy – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to…
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Zoom denies giving user information to Chinese government
(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) said on Thursday it did not provide any user information or meeting content to the Chinese government. The…
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EU watchdog sets up TikTok task force, warns on Clearview AI software
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chinese video app TikTok’s practices are to be examined by an EU task force, the bloc’s privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, which…
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Privacy experts criticize Zoom for not giving free users encryption
Privacy experts criticize Zoom for not giving free users end-to-end encryption over worries that it won’t be able to cooperate with law enforcement Zoom says…
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Singapore stops teachers using Zoom app after 'very serious incidents'
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers, its education ministry said on Friday, after “very serious incidents” occurred…
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Taiwan tells agencies not to use Zoom on security grounds
(Reuters) – Taiwan’s cabinet has told government agencies to stop using Zoom Video Communications Inc’s conferencing app, the latest blow to the company as it…
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Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisdiction
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under…
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Google finds security flaws in Apple's web browser: FT
(Reuters) – Google researchers have found multiple security flaws in Apple Inc’s Safari web browser that allowed the tracking of users’ browsing behavior, Financial Times…
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Google cutting web cookies, ending lucrative tracking tool for advertisers
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google within two years plans to block a common way businesses track online surfers in its Chrome browser, endorsing costly…
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Republican privacy bill draft would set U.S. rules, pre-empt California: senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A draft of a privacy bill written by Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker’s staff would set nationwide privacy rules and override state…
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One Brother Stabbed the Other. The Journalist Who Wrote About It Paid a Price.
PESCARA, Italy — Alessandro Biancardi, a journalist in the Italian coastal city of Pescara, knew he had a hot story for his small news website.…
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IPhone 11 and 11 Pro Review: Thinking Differently in the Golden Age of Smartphones
Over more than a decade of writing about technology, reviewing a new iPhone has long been one of my simplest assignments. Year after year, the…
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Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and…
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