Facebook’s massive data leak starts to have important knock-on effects – and potentially serious ones for Ireland
A couple of weeks ago, this blog wrote about Facebook's huge data leak of 533 million personal data records online. As that post noted, despite the huge numbers involved, this…
How China’s massive Digital Silk Road project threatens privacy around the globe
Most people are aware of the recent rise of China as an economic, political and military superpower. Less well known is China's massive infrastructure program known as the Belt and…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 16, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vC00K6Ow44 Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 16, 2021 What the Great Personal Data Leak of 2021 tells us about Facebook Last week, we reported on the 533…
Private Internet Access Android App is ioXt-Certified
Earlier today, we announced that the ioXt Alliance Expanded their Certification Program for Mobile and VPN Security. This expansions includes a set of VPN-specific standards that were developed by the…
ioXt Alliance Expands Certification Program for Mobile and VPN Security
NEWPORT BEACH, California – April 15, 2021 – The ioXt Alliance, the Global Standard for IoT security, today announced that it is expanding its ioXt Compliance Program with a new…
Privacy Talks | Interview with Tyler Ahn from Mozilla Firefox
This interview first aired on December 4, 2020 Timestamp Links & Questions: [0:48] - Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and the steps in your career that…
Privacy organizations call for facial recognition to be regulated or even banned, as police turn to Clearview AI
At the beginning of last year, concerns about facial recognition technology increased with the appearance of the start-up Clearview AI. It was problematic for two main reasons. First, the size…
What the Great Personal Data Leak of 2021 tells us about Facebook, the GDPR, and privacy
By now, many people will have heard about the appearance of 533,000,000 Facebook records online, first revealed in a tweet by Alon Gal at the weekend. You can find out…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 9, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBgE2Htx7_Q Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 9th, 2021 Workplace surveillance is entering our homes and driving through our streets Surveillance in the workplace is nothing new, but…
Privacy Talks | Interview with Hanna from Tutanota
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLvxf6IxhPQ This interview first aired on October 9, 2020 Timestamp Links & Questions: [0:40] - Why was Tutanota founded and what does it do? [1:24] - Where did the name…
How a 30-year-old technology – WiFi – will turn into our next big privacy problem
WiFi can be traced back to 1991, but it was in the late 1990s that the technology began to be taken up by the general public. Its success back then…
ACLU shares user data with Facebook and friends
The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU or short, is a regular critic of Facebook for its many privacy failures over the years. Yet, a recent update to its privacy…
Dual-use digital surveillance technologies finally get regulated – a little
Privacy News Online frequently writes about surveillance conducted by governments on their populations, or by companies on their users. Less well-known is the connection between governments that wish to spy…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 2, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAvDmL8McA Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 2, 2021 Are smartphone apps that constantly monitor a person’s movements and actions the future of parole – and parenting? A…
How workplace surveillance is entering our homes and driving through our streets
Workplace surveillance has become increasingly common since this blog first wrote about it back in 2017. One recent development is that it has moved into the home as more people…