March 24, 2025 Genetic testing company 23andMe - which once had high-profile endorsements from the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Eva Longoria, and Snoop Dogg has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate its sale after years of more...
March 18, 2025 The UK government has launched an inquiry into the data broking industry, seeking insights into its operations and potential national security risks. The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) is calling on stakeholders to more...
March 16, 2025 Amazon has announced that, effective March 28, 2025, it will discontinue the "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" feature on select Echo devices, resulting in all voice recordings being processed in the cloud. Transition to Cloud more...
September 3, 2024 Clearview AI, a U.S.-based facial recognition company, has been fined €30.5 million ($33.7 million) by the Netherlands’ data protection authority for illegally creating a database of billions of faces scraped from social media and the more...
September 3, 2024 If you have every heard someone say that they'd just had a conversation on their smart phone only to find that an advertisement, you may have thought that that this was simply coincidence. After all, more...
August 21, 2024 A recent investigation revealed that major car manufacturers, including GM, Honda, and Kia, are not only tracking drivers' data but also selling it to third-party brokers without the knowledge or consent of their customers. This more...
August 7, 2024 National Public Data (NPD), also known as Jerico Pictures, is facing a class action lawsuit following a massive data breach that has exposed the personal information of 2.9 billion individuals. The breach, one of the more...
July 31, 2024 The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has initiated an investigation into Ticketmaster Canada following a cybersecurity incident that compromised the personal information of millions of individuals worldwide. Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment Inc., operates ticket more...
July 30, 2024 In a filing with a federal appeals court, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that TikTok has been collecting sensitive information about American users and transmitting it to China. The DOJ claims that TikTok more...
July 29, 2024 In a landmark decision, a federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices of Americans and international travelers crossing the U.S. border. more...
