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ACLU Sues Homeland Security Over ‘Stingray’ Cell Phone Surveillance

From TechCrunch: One of the largest civil liberties groups in the U.S. is suing two Homeland Security agencies for failing to turn over documents it requested as part of a …

Business / Compliance / Government / Privacy

Google Urges FTC To Weaken Children’s Privacy Rules

From Media Post (via infoDOCKET): Google is asking the Federal Trade Commission to revise children’s privacy rules in ways that would make it easier for YouTube to collect data from …

Compliance / Legislation / Privacy

NY Times: “On Data Privacy, India Charts Its Own Path”

From The NY Times: India is poised to pass its first major data protection law, placing new restrictions on how corporations can collect and use information from the country’s 1.3 …

Compliance / Government / Legislation / Privacy

Canada: “Privacy Law Reform: A Pathway to Respecting Rights and Restoring Trust in Government and the Digital Economy” (Office of the Privacy Commissioner Annual Report to Parliament)

From the Commissioners Message: For several years, my predecessors and I have been calling for fundamental reform of Canada’s federal private and public sector privacy laws. In the last year, …

Business / Compliance / Government / Legislation / Privacy / Technology

Report: Facebook Intends to Implement End-to-End Encryption Despite DOJ Pressure

From Cyberscoop: Facebook is not giving in to Department of Justice demands on weakening encryption, according to a new letter the company sent to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and acting Secretary …

Business / Marketing / Privacy

Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention in Safari Browser Works Extremely Well

From: The Information In a report by The Information, it appears that the attempts by Apple to prevent long-term and cross-site tracking of those using its Safari browser are having …

Business / Digital Ethics / Privacy / Security / Technology

Gizmodo Uncovers Precise Geolocation Data Embedded in Ring (Amazon) Photos

From: Gizmodo Increasing concern about the privacy practises of Ring, now owned by Amazon, have been coming to light over the past few months. Gizmodo published the results of research …

Business / Privacy / Technology

Avast Discloses Data Collection and Sale Info From Product Use

Last week, the Mozilla Corporation removed a number of plugins belonging to Avast and AVG from its store based on the suspicion that data was being collected inappropriately or without …

Business / Privacy / Security / Technology

Mozilla Removes Avast and AVG Extensions From Add-On Portal Over Snooping Claims

From ZDNet: Mozilla removed today four Firefox extensions made by Avast and its subsidiary AVG after receiving credible reports that the extensions were harvesting user data and browsing histories. The …

Privacy / Security / Technology

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Performs Location Checks Even When Disabled in iOS

From: Krebs on Security Security researcher Brian Krebs reported evidence found that iPhone 11 Pro models continue to check-in and report location data to Apple even when all Location Services …

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