Twitter has apologised after misusing personal data for advertising purposes. Twitter said that it “unintentionally” used phone numbers and email addresses for advertising purposes even though the information was provided by users for two-factor authentication. No personal data was shared with the company’s third-party partners and said the “issue that allowed this to occur” has […]
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More than four million iPhone users may be due a £750 pay-out from Google, after it lost a landmark case at the Court of Appeal. The litigation is being brought by campaign group Google You Owe Us, led by former Which? director Mr Lloyd. The group hopes to win at least £1billion in compensation for
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Home security cameras promoted and sold by Amazon come with “huge” security flaws, according to a new report. Worryingly, thousands of children are at risk as the Chinese made cameras are often marketed as baby monitors, according to a new report by Which? The devices claim to provide safety for families and their babies, but
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The European Court of Justice has limited the reach of the privacy law known as “the right to be forgotten”. The court has ruled that the online right does not extend beyond the borders of the European Union. The landmark ruling will restrict people’s ability to control what information is available about them on the
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Intimate personal health data is being shared with Facebook, according to a study from Privacy International (PI). PI studied a range of period-tracking apps to see exactly what information was shared with the social network.It included sensitive details such as what contraception was used, when periods were due, and the type of symptoms experienced. Since the
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A viral Chinese app that lets users swap their faces with film or TV characters has sparked a privacy row. Users provide a series of selfies in which they blink, move their mouths and make facial expressions. The app, which has now gone viral, morphs the person’s animated likeness on to movies, TV shows and
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iCaaS, which stands for Compliance as a Service, forms part of the Data Support Agency Group. Using over £1.2 million in investment for research and development, iCaaS has created one of the newest, disruptive pieces of technology to hit the market. It’s SaaS based solution for GDPR management is designed to make GDPR easy. ICPA
iPhone users have been “quietly” hacked by rogue websites, according to Google. The tech giant warned that hackers compromised iPhones after users simply visited certain affected websites and security experts have called it “an alarming security failure”. Initially, it was thought that either China or Russia were likely targeting an ethnic minority within their respective
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The Swedish data protection agency (DPA) has issued the country’s first GDPR fine, after a school was found improperly using facial recognition technology to monitor the attendance of its students. The Swedish watchdog fined the school in Skellefteå, which is in the north of Sweden, 200,000 Swedish Krona (£16,800) for flouting privacy laws. Interestingly, the
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Usernames, emails, first names and IP addresses have been breached at web hosting provider and internet domain company Hostinger International, affecting a possible 14 million customers. The company said it has reset user passwords as a “precautionary measure” after it detected unauthorised access to a database containing sensitive information. Hackers breached its internal system API
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