Privacy

Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware
The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents.
Published On 27 Mar 2023
OPINION,
French plans for AI surveillance during Olympics are dangerous
Proposed legislation to expand surveillance powers risks transforming the Olympics into an assault on privacy.
opinion by Agnes Callamard
Published On 10 Mar 2023
Fortnite creator Epic Games to pay record fine
It will pay for violating a children’s privacy law and tricking users to make purchases they did not intend to make.
Published On 19 Dec 2022
Cyberattack on top Indian hospital highlights security risk
Healthcare workers couldn’t access patient reports because the servers that store that data had been hacked & corrupted.
Published On 7 Dec 2022

The ruling could limit the data Meta may access to sell personalised ads, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Almost five years after Cambridge Analytica was exposed, has anything really changed in the data collection business?

The move comes after a newspaper report alleging politicians and business people have been under state surveillance.

On International Identity Day, it is time to question whether technology-based identity systems are actually inclusive.

The fine is the second largest ever issued under European Union privacy laws.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis describes surveillance by Greece’s intel agencies as ‘politically unacceptable’.

The 2019 law had proposed stringent regulations on cross-border data flows but had raised concerns among tech giants.

Fury erupted after it emerged authorities in Liwan had broken into 84 flats to look for ‘close contacts’.

Discreet and available by mail, abortion-inducing pills could make conservative abortion bans challenging to enforce.

Citizen Lab rights group says the phones of more than 65 Catalan leaders were targeted with spyware.

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