The European Commission is circumventing bans on governmental censorship by asking communciations platforms like Facebook and Twitter to agree to "voluntary codes of conduct", which all users would be held…
Facial recognition has matured sufficiently that it is cropping up in real-world applications with increasing frequency, as recent Privacy News Online stories attest. There's one well-known company that is more…
Three EU countries – Belgium, France, and the Netherlands – have determined that Facebook is breaking their privacy laws, while Germany and Spain are still investigating the US company. The…
A new release by The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights calls on India to restore internet access and social media networks in the Jammu…
Over 12 million Indian Internet users in the Jammu and Kashmir region have been blocked from using social networking and social media sites such as Reddit, Facebook and Twitter. Internet service…
Twitter has reportedly agreed to comply with Russia's Big Brother law - which forces tech companies to store data on Russian soil. Russia's Big Brother laws, passed in July of…
A new EU agreement could mean WhatsApp user data is shared with Facebook, despite user protest over privacy incursions. The new deal amends WhatsApp’s relationship to Facebook in what would…
Private Internet Access is honored to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Snoonet. As a long time supporter of Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Snoonet is a natural addition to Private Internet…
The UK government will soon have the power to block any website that doesn’t properly verify your age with a piece of private, personally identifiable information such as your social…
As of a few hours ago, there's a new VPN ban in Turkey. Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority has issued an order to Turkish Internet service providers (ISPs) telling them…