Zoom and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have come to a tentative settlement agreement regarding the video conferencing company's false advertising of end-to-end encryption along with other issues. However, the…
It's no secret that practically every Web page we visit is infested with trackers. On its own, that would be bad enough. But most trackers are used in order to…
The infamous Patriot Act, which uses the threat of terrorism to expand surveillance over American citizens, is up for renewal under the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act - which is set…
A New Zealand woman went to a Subway restaurant for a regular purchase of a sub sandwich, but then went home to an unpleasant surprise: unwanted advances from the man…
Back in February, this blog was one of the first to warn that the obvious technological response to the coronavirus – the use of contact tracing apps – raised important…
As this blog noted a couple of weeks ago, many governments around the world are looking to introduce coronavirus tracing apps to help take their countries out of lockdown. The…
The largest airline in the United Kingdom, easyJet, revealed that they had been hacked by a “sophisticated attack” in January of 2020. All in all, approximately 9 million customers were…
Privacy News Online Weekly Recap videos will be back in a few weeks. We are taking a short break, then we will be back with some new segments featuring some…
It would be an understatement to say that Covid-19 has affected practically every aspect of our lives, given the scale of the transformation. Its impact on privacy, too, is evident.…
The government in Taiwan has rolled out an “electronic fence” to keep quarantined individuals in their homes. The “electronic fence” uses mobile phone data to notify police if the cell…