• Sep 26, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media,

TikTok Hit with €345 Million GDPR Fine as Privacy Protection Becomes a Key Issue

TikTok has officially come of age: it has joined an exclusive club of companies that have been hit with major fines for infringing on the EU’s main privacy law, the GDPR. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €345 million fine (about $370 million) on the company for failing to protect children’s personal … Continue reading “TikTok Hit with €345 Million GDPR Fine as Privacy Protection Becomes a Key Issue”

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  • Sep 8, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media, Surveillance,

UK Government Halts Plans to Break End-to-End Encryption, but Privacy Risks Remain

A new law is about to be passed in the UK that will have a serious negative knock-on effect around the world. It’s part of a wider move by governments to force internet companies to break end-to-end encryption and undermine global privacy. We first reported on the UK’s Online Safety Bill two years ago. Since … Continue reading “UK Government Halts Plans to Break End-to-End Encryption, but Privacy Risks Remain”

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  • Oct 27, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

German authorities want large porn sites to implement age verification or be blocked via DNS

Internet service providers (ISPs) in Germany may soon be forced to apply DNS blocks to stop users from accessing porn sites like Pornhub, xHamster, and YouPorn. German authorities, led by a State Media Authority director named Tobias Schmid, have been pushing for large porn sites like those previously mentioned to implement age verification of the … Continue reading “German authorities want large porn sites to implement age verification or be blocked via DNS”

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  • Jul 10, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

France passes legislation to block adult websites that don’t comply with new age verification framework

France plans to implement an age verification system for pornography and expand website blocking powers to punish non-compliant websites. The new law would grant the French audiovisual authority, CSA, the power to verify that adult websites are properly implementing age verification. Should a website be found not to be out of compliance, court orders could … Continue reading “France passes legislation to block adult websites that don’t comply with new age verification framework”

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  • Nov 4, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Australia proposed using facial recognition technology for online gambling and pornography age verification

The Australian government’s Department of Home Affairs has proposed using facial recognition for online age verification for pornography and gambling websites visited by Australians as an update to Australia’s National Identity Security Strategy. The full not-so-detailed plan is titled: “Submission to the Inquiry into Age Verification for Online Wagering and Online Pornography.” In it, the … Continue reading “Australia proposed using facial recognition technology for online gambling and pornography age verification”

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  • Jul 17, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

UK government to force porn sites to perform compulsory age verification, but only for UK visitors, starting April 2018

The Digital Economy Law, which mandates compulsory age verifications on pornography sites and was passed in the United Kingdom (UK) last year, will officially be rolled out in April of 2018. Starting April, online pornography sites will be forced to deploy age verification to UK visitors or be blocked by the Great Firewall of Britain. … Continue reading “UK government to force porn sites to perform compulsory age verification, but only for UK visitors, starting April 2018”

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