Backchannel reference checks: Is it ok to phone a friend?
“There is no reason to be secretive about it. All the Privacy Act is saying, if you’re going to…
WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever
This week, WhatsApp did something its founders said it would never do: it’s putting advertisements inside the app.…
Europe fast-tracks its Big Tech privacy cases – POLITICO
The law has a “one-stop-shop” mechanism, which puts one national data protection authority in the driver’s seat for…
States sue to block the sale of genetic data collected by DNA testing company 23andMe | business
Dozens of states have filed a joint lawsuit against the bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe to block the company’s sale of…
WhatsApp Submits Evidence Helping Apple in UK Encryption Case
Meta-owned WhatsApp reportedly joined a legal challenge against the U.K. government’s demand that Apple allow it access to…
X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown – POLITICO
Macron’s government, previously an ally of Big Tech, has in recent years moved to more stringently regulate social…
Explainer | Why China youth find special spots to cry for stress relief, like Forbidden City, courthouses
A growing number of young Chinese adults in search of emotional release are taking things to a new…
Six months without a new EU privacy chief, and still no deal in sight
ADVERTISEMENT Six months after the mandate of the privacy watchdog of the EU institutions – the European Data…
Emerging Cyberthreats and Privacy Concerns
It’s only a matter of time before cybercriminals begin to use artificial intelligence-enabled tools, open-source software and other…
Emerging Cyberthreats and Privacy Concerns
It’s only a matter of time before cybercriminals begin to use artificial intelligence-enabled tools, open-source software and other…