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Surveillance

Privacy-Invasive Proctoring Software Declared Unconstitutional by US Court

Posted on Apr 26, 2023 by Glyn Moody

During the Covid-19 pandemic we avoided most forms of person-to-person interaction unless absolutely necessary. That was deeply problematic for education, which is based on the idea of a teacher interacting…

Categories: General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance

What Do Iran’s Theocrats And Tesla Vehicles Have In Common? The Use of High-Tech Surveillance Cameras

Posted on Apr 17, 2023 by Glyn Moody

Digital technology is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it makes vital tools like VPNs possible, providing strong and affordable privacy protection for personal data when in transit across…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance, VPN

AI-Based Chat is Coming for Your Privacy: Should We Pause Development of Large Language Models?

Posted on Mar 30, 2023 by Glyn Moody

Back in February, we noted on PIA blog that the growing excitement about large language models (LLMs), for example in the form of ChatGPT, overlooked the serious privacy dangers they…

Categories: General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Surveillance

Meta’s Tracking Pixel Violates GDPR and the EU Ban on Transatlantic Data Transfers

Posted on Mar 23, 2023 by Glyn Moody

One of the most insidious forms of surveillance carried out routinely by web sites and their advertisers involves tracking pixels. These are graphic elements that are just one pixel in…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance

TikTok Bans Miss the Point, But Are Still Great News for Privacy

Posted on Mar 9, 2023 by Glyn Moody

Privacy concerns about the social media platform TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, are not new. We've been reporting on them on the PIA blog for several years. More…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

We Need Privacy Laws for the Metaverse and We Need Them Now

Posted on Mar 3, 2023 by Glyn Moody

Back in December 2021, we discussed the potential privacy risks of the metaverse on the PIA blog, the current term for what used to be called virtual reality. It might…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance, VPN

Why Smart Speaker Privacy Might Be the Next Big Data Collection Scandal

Posted on Feb 23, 2023 by Glyn Moody

It was over five years ago that we first warned about an imminent invasion of “listening, eavesdropping, spying things” in the form of so-called “smart” speakers. The cosy term “smart”…

Categories: Entertainment, General Privacy News, Product Updates, Social Media, Surveillance

UK Government Is Engaged in Large-Scale Surveillance of Social Media

Posted on Feb 1, 2023 by Glyn Moody

New US And EU Laws Bring Risks To Privacy The UK civil rights group Big Brother Watch has published a major new document about the UK government's surveillance of social…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Meta’s Lawsuit Against NSO Goes Forward – The Fight Against NSO Spyware Gains Strength

Posted on Jan 20, 2023 by Glyn Moody

The murky world of government spyware has never been the same after the Pegasus Project leaked in July 2021 a list of over 50,000 phone numbers believed to be people…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Meta’s Tracking Woes Confirmed As It Intensifies Its Battle For Control Of The EU’s GDPR

Posted on Jan 12, 2023 by Glyn Moody

In December 2022, we discussed the leak of an important ruling by EU privacy regulators regarding Meta's micro-targeted advertising, a system entirely based on constant online surveillance. The two parts…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance
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