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HHS Strengthens Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Data
The new directive prohibits data disclosure when law enforcement agencies want to investigate people, healthcare providers, or others seeking reproductive care that is lawful where the care is given.
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Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service
The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 801 external partners for targeted advertising.
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Your smart TV is snooping on you. Here's how to limit the personal data it gathers
You can't stop your smart TV from snooping on you entirely, but you can opt out of some of it.
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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox
Firefox provides many advantages over Chrome, including being more efficient, so your laptop battery lasts longer. Firefox doesn't track your internet activity for advertising purposes. Firefox has better privacy controls, including container functionality and VPN, enhancing your privacy and security online.
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European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying
European Union Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders recently told German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' that the European Commission is aware of how annoying cookie consent banners have become...
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Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection
Irish eyes may not be smiling
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Telemarketer goes belly-up after data breach
Sensitive details of charity donors leaked and also sensitive employee information had also been leaked during the attack – including police checks, child support documents, HR incidents, immigration sponsorship details, COVID-19 vaccination credentials, and notably, tax file numbers, passports, and licences.
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Google plans to test proxy scheme to hide IP addresses
Plan for Chrome echoes Apple iCloud Private Relay
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Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says
Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”
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Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers
Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defences
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Why police use of facial recognition risks miscarriages of justice
The latest generation of police surveillance tools are overused, underregulated and often completely wrong, opponents tell Josh Marcus and Alex Woodward
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Mozilla study reveals that “modern cars are a privacy nightmare”
All 25 car brands reviewed raised privacy concerns regarding customer data.
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Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down
The future of iMessage in the UK had seemed in doubt
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Australian Government, Of All Places, Says Age Verification Is A Privacy & Security Nightmare
In the past I’ve sometimes described Australia as the land where internet policy is completely upside down. Rather than having a system that protects intermediaries from liability for third party c…
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4 Zoom alternatives with better video conferencing privacy policies
More than half of remote meetings are held with Zoom, but that was before privacy concerns disrupted its market. Now, it's time to look at other video conferencing services.
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Meta uses your Facebook data to train its AI. Here's how to opt out (sort of)
Meta will use your personal data in its large language model Llama 2. But you can fine-tune what data it can access.
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Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out
Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.
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$5 billion Google lawsuit over “Incognito mode” tracking moves a step closer to trial
Did you know that private browsing modes aren’t very private?
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Zoom is entangled in an AI privacy mess
The popular video conferencing platform's recent privacy and AI policy changes have exploded in the company's face. Here's what to know.
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Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
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