As GDPR turns two, some are doubting the Irish Data Protection Commission's ability to enforce rules
Companies like Google and Facebook could face big fines
Face mask selfies are being used to retrain facial recognition systems
Companies are scrambling to retrain facial recognition systems
Facebook is adding location data to posts from Facebook and Instagram accounts with large audiences
Facebook said it wants to be more transparent
Twitter isn't allowed to reveal the government's requests for data
They can't even specify the number of requests
Clearview AI's cybersecurity in question after researchers discover unsecured repository
Company assets, intellectual properties, and 70,000 surveillance video were found exposed
Twitter will share more of your data with Facebook and Google to advertise its app on those platforms
European users are still out of reach unless they opt in
Zoom enables passwords and waiting rooms to thwart Zoom bombing
The software has always had these features but they were disabled by default
Zoom skyrockets to 200 million users, puts 90-day hold on features to address security flaws
Promises to keep the community in the loop with weekly webinars
Cloudflare's high-speed 'WARP' VPN is coming to macOS and Windows this year
In the form of a public beta
Zoom found leaking personal user data, could also facilitate stealing your Windows sign-in credentials
You could potentially be video-called by strangers
US officials are using location data from mobile ads to map the spread of Covid-19
Following similar moves in other countries around the world
Zoom updates iOS app to stop it from sending data to Facebook
iPhone/iPad details, location and ad identifiers were being shared with Facebook, even for non-users of the social media platform
Safari will now block third-party cookies by default, delete a site's local storage after seven days
Offline web apps apparently don't matter for WebKit
WhatsApp could soon get self-destructing messages
The privacy feature was previously being tested for group chats
ACLU is demanding Homeland Security, CBP, ICE, and TSA hand over records on facial recognition at the border
Privacy advocates are demanding more transparency
Comcast accidentally published 200,000 phone numbers of Xfinity customers
The last data breach cost the company $33 million in a settlement
Patent hints that encrypted displays could appear on future Apple devices
Improving user privacy by showing unintelligible content to potential onlookers
Law enforcement in India used facial recognition to ID 1,100 rioters in New Delhi
Privacy groups claim the use of the system was against the law
Microsoft relabels its Windows 10 diagnostic data collection settings to boost transparency
You can pick between 'required' and 'optional' diagnostics
Ring products log every doorbell press, detected motion, and app interaction
Amazon loves to grab user data
Mozilla begins rolling out DNS encryption by default for Firefox users
As long as you live in the US
Ring makes two-factor authentication mandatory
Will the additional security measures help with privacy concerns?
Former Amazon executive says he switches off Alexa for "private moments"
You never know who's listening
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand proposes new government agency for internet privacy
The Data Protection Agency would investigate any mishandling of consumer data