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WhatsApp’s help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp’s own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text sat in the pages’ code, never shown…
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How AI helps collect data, deanonymize users, and link their accounts — and what to do to protect yourself from doxing and harassment.
Kaspersky
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Quantum-resistant cryptography presents security leaders with various challenges, but CISOs in industries dependent on IoT and operational technology (OT) devices may face a particularly difficult journey to quantum readiness, especially if sensitive information that must remain confidential for years passes through those devices. A recent report from cybersecurity firm Forescout highlights these challenges in the…
CSO Online UK
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This post was co-written by Andi Cao, an EFF legal intern. Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are mass surveillance. They photograph every passing car and log where and when it was captured, building a searchable record of where nearly everyone drives. Cities should not buy them, and cities that already have them should shut them…
EFF
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Exciting news for Safari users: Privacy Badger is now available on Safari for macOS! You’ll need Safari version 26.5 or higher to use it. Whether you want to protect yourself from data brokers or just don’t want Big Tech profiting off your browsing data, Privacy Badger is here to help. More than 4 million people…
EFF
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Free Tracker Blocker Used by Millions Will Protect Even More Users’ Privacy SAN FRANCISCO—Privacy Badger, the award-winning tracker blocker made by the member-supported digital rights nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is now available for Safari on macOS. Safari users can download the free browser extension today and join the more than 4 million people using…
EFF
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Background information Date of final decision: 2 October 2026 National case Controller: Xandr Inc. Legal References: Article 6 (Lawfulness of processing), Article 9 (Processing of special categories of personal data) Decision: Administrative fine Key words: Fines, Basic principles, Marketing, Online platforms Summary of the Decision Origin of the case The case started in 2020 when…
European Data Protection Board
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Officers and other staff were using an unapproved third-party platform to share data on suspected shoplifters…
ITPro
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Barry Steinhardt, a lifelong privacy champion and an early leader in the battle for digital civil liberties who served as EFF’s president in 1998-99, died last week at age 73. A Connecticut native, Steinhardt led the Vermont and Pennsylvania affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union before becoming associate director of the national ACLU. There,…
EFF
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No one should have to choose between speaking freely and protecting their immigration status. Yet that’s precisely the choice the Trump administration’s mass surveillance of online speech forces on noncitizens living in the U.S. Last fall, we sued on behalf of three major labor unions to stop this surveillance program. And just this month, we…
EFF
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The ICO has handed the Metropolitan Police a reprimand and enforcement notice after privacy failings linked to the Auror platform…
Infosecurity Magazine
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At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company’s surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse.
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