[US] - Montana’s New Genetic Privacy Law Caps Off Ten Years of Innovative State Privacy Protections (www.eff.org)
WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update: Objection to use of personal information (faq.whatsapp.com)
Today I got a notification from WhatsApp about the new Privacy Policy. for the European Region....
The Markup on: How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy (themarkup.org)
A privacy policy can lay out a lot of important information that you cannot find anywhere else. Here’s a breakdown of the most useful details contained in most policies, and how to find them....
UN cybercrime treaty risks becoming 'surveillance pact' (www.theregister.com)
[EU] - Big Tech braces for EU Digital Services Act regulations (www.reuters.com)
The Industry Discussion About Standards For Bluetooth-Enabled Physical Trackers is Finally Getting Started (www.eff.org)
[CH] - Verordnung über den Jugendschutz in den Bereichen Film und Videospiele - Digitale Gesellschaft (www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch)
Ordinance on the Protection of Minors in the Fields of Film and Video Games (JSFVV)...
[US] - US watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillance industry' (www.reuters.com)
[US] - The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data (www.confiant.com)
In late January 2023, almost 45 GB of source code from the Russian search giant Yandex was leaked on BreachForums by a former Yandex employee. While the leak itself did not contain user data, it reportedly contained the source code for all major Yandex services, including Metrika, which collects user analytics through a widely...
Popular open source project Moq criticized for quietly collecting data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Open source project Moq (pronounced “Mock”) has drawn sharp criticism for quietly including a controversial dependency in its latest release....
[US] - Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Web Environment Integrity Is Being Tested In Chrome! (odysee.com)
[US] - California agency probes automakers' data privacy practices (www.reuters.com)
[UK] - NHS body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data (www.theregister.com)
[EU] - TikTok to face EU fine over processing of children’s data (www.euronews.com)
[IN] - India’s new data protection bill a win for Big Tech says org (www.theregister.com)
UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations Enter Final Phase With Troubling Surveillance Powers Still on the Table (www.eff.org)
[UK] - The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
[US] - The White House Acknowledges the Pressure on Section 702, But Much More Reform is Needed (www.eff.org)
[US] - FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)
DuckDuckGo's Windows browser now in public beta (spreadprivacy.com)
[US] - Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1874733...
[FR] - Criminalization of encryption, VPN and TOR use (8 December Case) (www.laquadrature.net)
Apparently in France it is an act of terrorist behaviour to use VPNs, Signal, encrypted drives etc....
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