data privacy
11/08/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
South Korea’s privacy watchdog fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting data from Korean Facebook users
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the country’s national data protection government agency, has fined Big Tech company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15.46 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users on Facebook. This is the latest in a series of fines and penalties the government of South Korea has slapped Facebook’s parent […]
10/01/2024
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By Ava Grace
Chinese electric vehicles could be “weaponized” by Beijing, report warns
Ministers in the United Kingdom are being advised to consider banning Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers from securing government contracts over national security and data privacy concerns. Suppliers suspected of having ties to China’s military-industrial complex pose a key risk due to the potential for built-in wireless components in EVs to be “weaponized,” which could even be […]
06/20/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Database leak reveals ALARMING list of Google’s privacy blunders, including recording children’s voices and exposing license plates seen on Street View
A leaked internal Google database has shed some light on the tech giant’s dubious security practices and policies about collecting and storing the personal data of users. The database revealed thousands of reports filed by Google employees about different incidents, from exposed email addresses to recordings of children’s voices. While Google insists that these reported events would only […]
06/14/2024
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By Richard Brown
Report: Google “accidentally” collected and leaked user data, including CHILDREN’s voice data
Tech giant Google has “accidentally” collected children’s voice data and leaked information about carpool users’ trips and home addresses. This is according to a report by the online tech-focused publication 404 Media, which based its investigation on a leaked internal database. The report revealed that the database contains thousands of privacy-related incidents spanning six years, from […]
01/24/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Biden creates secret surveillance court to resume trafficking of CONSUMER DATA between American and European corporations
The administration of President Joe Biden has established a new, secret “surveillance court” to smoothen a mishmash of European and American laws that had been blocking the lucrative flow of consumer data collected by Big Tech between European and American corporations for years. Officially known as the Data Protection Review Court, its creation was authorized […]
01/04/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Surveillance cameras from BANNED Chinese tech company allegedly installed in 50 Quebec cities and public facilities
Surveillance cameras manufactured by Hikvision, a sanctioned Chinese tech company, are allegedly installed in 50 Quebec cities and public facilities. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has issued warnings about the potential national security risks posed by Hikvision’s surveillance systems. A Dec. 19 article published in Le Journal de Montreal revealed warnings from CSIS about Hikvision cameras. In a […]
01/03/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Xfinity notifies customers of data breach due to “software vulnerability”
Xfinity, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business, announced in December that hackers accessed customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company. In a notice to customers, Xfinity announced that there was unauthorized access to internal systems because of this vulnerability between Oct. 16 and 19, 2023. The alleged software vulnerability was previously announced by software […]
09/25/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Pizza Hut Australia HACKED! Data security breach exposes customers’ personal information
Pizza Hut’s Australian operations have been subjected to a cybersecurity data breach earlier this month, compromising the personal information of nearly 200,000 of its customers. In an email to customers last week, Pizza Hut Australia CEO Phil Reed said the company became aware in early September that there had been “unauthorized third party access” to […]
08/09/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Google allows users to have their explicit photos removed from search results
Google recently enforced a new policy that allows users to request for their explicit photos to be scrubbed from search results. According to the company, the new feature is one of three updates that can help give users more control over content about themselves that is available through the popular Google search engine. Google Public Liaison […]
08/04/2023
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By Oliver Young
Hacktivist group develops coding framework that can protect user data
A group of tech activists called Cult of the Dead Cow has developed a coding framework that can be used by app developers who are willing to embrace strong encryption. That means no revenue from targeted advertising. (Related: Norwegian Data Protection Authority orders Meta to stop tracking Facebook and Instagram users for targeted advertising.) The group has been […]
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