Singapore’s World-First Face Scan Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world’s first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they...
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UK Data Privacy Watchdog Slashes BA Fine as Virus Bites
The UK’s data privacy watchdog on Friday slashed a fine imposed on British Airways over a cyber attack after taking into account coronavirus fallout...
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UK Fines British Airways for Failures in 2018 Data Hack
Britain’s information commissioner has fined British Airways 20 million pounds ($25 million) for failing to protect personal data for some 400,000 customers, the largest...
Zoom Announces Technical Preview of End-to-End Encryption
Video conferencing platform Zoom next week will start rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in technical preview. The company revealed plans to provide users with...
‘Five Eyes’ Alliance Demands Ways to Access Encrypted Apps
The “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance demanded Sunday that tech companies insert “backdoors” in encrypted apps to allow law enforcement agencies the access they say...
Redefining PII as We Trade Convenience for Risk in a Contactless World
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, my favorite restaurant in my little neighborhood in Seattle has undergone some operational changes. The only way...
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Google Readies Redesigned Security Alerts for Google Accounts
Google this week revealed that it’s working on redesigning the security alerts for Google accounts and that it will make them available directly in...
EU Court Curbs Mass Phone Data Grab by Spy Agencies
The EU’s top court on Tuesday put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal data, but said this...
Andrew Yang Takes Lead in California Data Privacy Measure
The Fitbits on our wrists collect our health and fitness data; Apple promises privacy but lots of iPhone apps can still share our personal...
Wacky Indoor Amazon Drone Takes on Privacy Skeptics
It could be the wackiest product yet from Amazon — a tiny indoor drone which buzzes around people’s homes as a security sentry. The...