Microsoft said CCPA is good news, given the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy protection law at the federal level.
Tag Archives: GDPR
Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France
It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.
No federal privacy law will make it in the US this year, sources say
Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.
Researchers find 737 million medical images exposed on the internet
Of the 2,300 archiving systems looked at, 590 were accessible from the internet, exposing 24 million medical records from 52 countries.
Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR
A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.
Microsoft may still be violating privacy rules, says Dutch regulator
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.
Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats
Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.
GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests
A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests.
GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott
The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.
TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety
It’s already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations.