Federal Trade Commission Warns Data Brokers about the Uncontrolled Sale of Raw Location Data

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about an important order from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It set minimum privacy requirements for biometric surveillance in commercial settings, and marked an interesting move by the FTC to extend its activities in this area. As if to confirm that this was not just a one-off, … Continue reading “Federal Trade Commission Warns Data Brokers about the Uncontrolled Sale of Raw Location Data”

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  • Aug 20, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security,

What Zoom’s AI Blunder Can Teach Us About Future Threats to Privacy

It’s no surprise that AI is starting to seep into every kind of digital service, even if the frenzy over generative AI seems to be dying down somewhat. But over on Stackdiary, Alex Ivanovs spotted something rather remarkable in Zoom’s updated terms and conditions that involved AI. The new wording seemed to give Zoom the right to … Continue reading “What Zoom’s AI Blunder Can Teach Us About Future Threats to Privacy”

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  • Feb 16, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

The battle over the EU’s far-reaching ePrivacy Regulation enters its final and crucial stage

The EU’s GDPR has had a massive effect on privacy worldwide. But as a post explained back in 2018, there’s more EU privacy legislation coming through which could have a similarly broad impact globally. Where the GDPR governs how personal data is stored, the ePrivacy Regulation is about how personal data is transmitted. The European … Continue reading “The battle over the EU’s far-reaching ePrivacy Regulation enters its final and crucial stage”

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  • Sep 22, 2018
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Top court rules UK mass interception of fiber-optic cable traffic violates the right to privacy: a victory, but how big?

Five years have passed since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the scale of surveillance by the US and UK shocked the world. Things have gone rather quiet on that front now, partly because there have been few new releases of documents from the Snowden hoard. But in the background, many privacy groups have been quietly working … Continue reading “Top court rules UK mass interception of fiber-optic cable traffic violates the right to privacy: a victory, but how big?”

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  • Aug 31, 2017
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Even encrypted data streams from the Internet of Things are leaking sensitive information; here’s what we can do

As the Internet of Things (IoT) begins to enter the mainstream, concerns about the impact such “smart” devices will have on users’ privacy are growing. Many of the problems are obvious, but so far largely anecdotal. That makes a new paper from four researchers at Princeton University particularly valuable, because they analyze in detail how … Continue reading “Even encrypted data streams from the Internet of Things are leaking sensitive information; here’s what we can do”

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  • Jun 19, 2017
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments,

Leading European politicians call for “state-of-the-art” end-to-end encryption – and no backdoors

Encryption is under attack around the world, and not just by hackers trying to break into systems. Governments continue to call for access to encrypted communications, despite universal warnings from experts that every way of doing so would significantly weaken security and privacy for billions of users. As well as moves by individual countries like … Continue reading “Leading European politicians call for “state-of-the-art” end-to-end encryption – and no backdoors”

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  • Apr 28, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Australian Federal Police unapologetic after accessing a journalist’s metadata without a warrant

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) admitted on Friday that they had illegally accessed call records metadata of an Australian journalist without seeking the proper warrant beforehand. In Australia, like many other countries, there are specific protections to keep law enforcement from willy nilly seeking private information on journalists and whistleblowers. To access the metadata that all … Continue reading “Australian Federal Police unapologetic after accessing a journalist’s metadata without a warrant”

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  • Apr 12, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, VPN,

4/13 is Australia’s National Get a VPN Day as ISPs and telecoms officially begin metadata retention

April 13th, 2017 is now “National Get a VPN” Day for the entire country of Australia. In March 2015, Australia passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill (info). The law mandates metadata retention by Australian internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunication companies (known as carrier service providers in Australia). Australians scramble to get a VPN … Continue reading “4/13 is Australia’s National Get a VPN Day as ISPs and telecoms officially begin metadata retention”

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  • Jan 3, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Despite promises, metadata gathered by Australian mass surveillance may be made available to civil litigators, not just law enforcement

Australia, one of many countries that conducts mass surveillance with mandatory metadata logging laws, is planning to make your private information available in civil proceedings. When Australia initially passed the mandatory logging laws in 2014, government proponents, such as AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin, emphasized that information was only supposed to be made available for the … Continue reading “Despite promises, metadata gathered by Australian mass surveillance may be made available to civil litigators, not just law enforcement”

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  • May 24, 2016
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News,

Phone metadata can reveal your location, relationship status, and the NSA can still get it under the guise of hunting for terrorists

Since the Snowden leaks, the US government has sought to repair its public image and curtail public knowledge of its invasions of privacy. Before 2015, the US government was allowed access to five years worth of phone metadata from anyone within three hops of a suspected terrorist. In 2015, the most egregious bits of the … Continue reading “Phone metadata can reveal your location, relationship status, and the NSA can still get it under the guise of hunting for terrorists”

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