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Prince Harry has accepted “substantial damages” and an apology from Splash News and Picture Agency in the High Court after the media outlet used a helicopter to take photos of the Cotswolds home he shared with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The couple were forced to leave their home after the photos were published in newspapers […]
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A new European centre to tackle data privacy will be opened by Google in Germany. The Safety Engineering Centre based in Munich is the latest effort by the tech giant to deal with digital safety issues. A team of engineers will oversee the development of privacy features across all the company’s products. The tech giant
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WhatsApp users have been warned to update their app immediately after a shock cyber threat was discovered. The Facebook-owned firm issued a stark warning as the popular service, which is used by over 1.5 billion people, has been targeted by cyber criminals which could allow them to access and monitor your smartphones. Hackers were able
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UK organisations are required to pay the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) an annual data protection fee unless they are exempt. The fee payable depends on the tier of the organisation, and ranges from £40 to £2,900. Companies could also be fined a massive £4,350 if “aggravating factors” are present, and the funds thus recovered go
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Verizon’s security expert Bryan Sartin said this week that he was “surprised” so little information about data breaches had shown up in public in the 12 months since GDPR came into force. The telecommunications company’s head of global security services told BBC News that “There’s a time bomb around these breaches.” The annual Verizon Data
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As countries across the globe progress with new cybersecurity and data privacy regulations, the United States continues to get by with a patchwork of state and industry-specific regulation. There is little cohesion and there are currently over 90 different digital privacy proposals and over 50 different data breach notification laws – one for each state
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Uber drivers are threatening to take legal action over claims the company has refused to disclose personal information it holds on them under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Four drivers claim the company is simply failing to comply with EU data disclosure obligations. They say the driver hailing app has failed to disclose the
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The HMRC has started deleting the voice biometric data of five million taxpayers collected unlawfully but say they still plan to continue using the system despite the controversy. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled the collection of voice biometric data from five million people by the UK’s tax authority is in violation of
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There have been some changes to Facebook’s flagship app and desktop site this week with a major redesign of the style and layout. This is because the world’s largest social network now wants to encourage its users to communicate in groups rather than individual public posts in a bid to shift towards a “privacy-focused” future.
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Tech giant Amazon recently admitted that staff are listening to private and sometimes disturbing voice recordings from Alexa to improve the voice-assistants’ understanding of human speech. They are listening to, transcribing and even joking about the private conversations customers have with Alexa on their smart speakers. The shocking admission yet again raises the ethical issue
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