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EU criticizes Meta's 'privacy for cash' business model
The European Data Protection Board states Meta and other big players should forego "consent or pay" models.
Creepy monitoring service sells searchable Discord user data for as little as $5
A data scraper is selling information on what it claims to be 600 million Discord users. A report from 404 Media details Spy Pet, an online service that gathers, stores and sells troves of information from the social platform.
Here’s everything you should do to up your security before next year
Here's a quick holiday checklist you and your loved ones can spend an hour doing during your holiday downtime to set up for a more secure year.
Passkey support is finally available in 1Password
The popular Password manager tool, 1Password, is rolling out support for passkeys. It will be available on desktop browsers, as well as on iOS 17 devices.
TikTok starts migrating European users' data to its first local data center
TikTok has started migrating its European users' data to its long-promised center in Ireland.
Tesla says data breach that affected over 75,000 people was caused by 'insider wrongdoing'
A Tesla data breach affected more than 75,000 people and was caused by "insider wrongdoing," according to a notification on Maine's Attorney General website.
Hack left majority of UK voters' data exposed for over a year
The UK's Electoral Commission has revealed that personal information of around 40 million voters was left exposed for over a year. The agency — which regulates party and election finance and elections in the country — said it was the target of “complex cyberattack.”
ByteDance sued for allegedly collecting biometric data without consent
ByteDance is facing a class-action lawsuit over claims that its CapCut video-editing app is vacuuming up data from its more than 200 million active users without consent. Among other things, it claims CapCut is collecting biometric data like face scans and voiceprints.
GoodRx now offers an iOS 'Medicine Cabinet' for managing prescription meds
Health tech company GoodRx, best known for offering a prescription drug price comparison tool, has launched “Medicine Cabinet.” The new product will expand the company's offering and expand user engagement.
Google's updated privacy policy states it can use public data to train its AI models
Google has updated its privacy policy to state that it can use publicly available data to help train its AI models.
Spotify has been fined $5.4 million for violating GDPR data rules
A Swedish regulator has fined Spotify SEK 58 million ($5.4 million) after determining that the company had violated the European Union's data protection rules. The issue concerns how Spotify handles users' right to access their personal data.
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence'
In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities.
UK privacy watchdog fines TikTok $15.8 million for misusing kids' data
The Information Commissioner's Office says TikTok didn't get consent from the parents or guardians of underage users.
TikTok CEO says selling the app won't satisfy US security concerns
TikTok's CEO says the company's existing plans to protect user data are effective enough and that having a different owner wouldn't resolve concerns over data privacy.
New Senate bill aims to better protect health data after Roe reversal
The UPHOLD Privacy Act aims to block companies from selling personally identifiable health data for advertising purposes and ban data brokers from buying and selling precise location data.
Amazon's iRobot purchase reportedly faces EU investigation (updated)
EU officials are said to be investigating Amazon's iRobot acquisition, including concerns the company might misuse Roomba data.
US law enforcement has warrantless access to many money transfers
US law enforcement can access details of some international money transfers without a warrant.
Meta sues surveillance company for allegedly scraping more than 600,000 accounts
Meta has filed a lawsuit against Voyager Labs, which it has accused of creating tens of thousands of fake Facebook accounts to scrape data from more than 600,000 users' profiles. It claims Voyager masked its activity using its Surveillance Software, and that the company has also scraped data from Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Telegram to sell and license for profit.
ByteDance fired four employees who accessed US journalists' TikTok data
ByteDance says it has fired four employees who accessed the data of several TikTok users located in the US, including several journalists. According to The New York Times, an internal investigation found that the employees were trying to locate the sources of leaks to reporters. Two of the employees were in the US and two were in China, where ByteDance is based.
Meta faces lawsuit for harvesting financial data from tax prep websites
A group of anonymous plaintiffs who filed their taxes online in 2020 using H&R Block has sued Meta, accusing the company of violating users' trust and privacy.
