Grindr on the hook for €10M over GDPR consent violations
Grindr, a gay, bi, trans and queer hook-up app, is on the hook for a penalty of NOK100,000,000 (aka €10M or ~$12.1M) in Europe. Norway’s data protection agency has announced it’s notified the US-based company of its intention to issue t.....»»
Sexual bullying among girls: We need to take it seriously
In an online petition launched by Chanel Contos in February, thousands of women have now disclosed instances of sexual harrassment and assault when at school parties. The petition's author was calling for sexual consent to be taught better, and earl.....»»
Google Illegally Tracking Android Users, According To New Complaint
schwit1 shares a report from Ars Technica: Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed a complaint against Google in France alleging that the US tech giant is illegally tracking users on Android phones without their consent. Android phones genera.....»»
Facebook’s tardy disclosure of breach timing raises GDPR compliance questions
Facebook’s tardy disclosure of breach timing raises GDPR compliance questions.....»»
Google illegally tracking Android users, according to new complaint
Activist alleges use of tracking identifiers without user consent breaches EU law. Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed a complaint against Google in France alleging that the US tech giant is illegally tracking users on Android phone.....»»
IEEE Launches Revised Reporting Process for Professional Ethics Violations
A centralized location and new procedures will help standardize and reinforce the organization’s commitment to professional ethics .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight:.....»»
App Store Now Rejecting Apps Using Third-Party SDKs That Collect User Data Without Consent
iOS 14 has brought several new privacy features, and there are more to come with App Tracking Transparency -- which will let users opt out of being tracked by apps. From a report: As the launch of this new option approaches, Apple has begun to reject.....»»
Buffer overruns, license violations, and bad code: FreeBSD 13’s close call
40,000 lines of flawed code almost made it into FreeBSD's kernel—we examine how. Enlarge / FreeBSD's core development team, for the most part, does not appear to see the need to update their review and approval procedures. (credit: Aurich Laws.....»»
Competition challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ of users sparks referral to Europe’s top court
A German court that’s considering Facebook’s appeal against a pioneering pro-privacy order by the country’s competition authority to stop combining user data without consent has said it will refer questions to Europe’s top cou.....»»
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced To Sign "Biometric Consent" Form or Lose Job
Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a "biometric consent" form this week that grants the tech behemoth permission to use AI-powered cameras to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data. From a report: If the company's deliver.....»»
Richard Stallman returns to FSF 18 months after controversial rape comments
Stallman quit in 2019 after emails about Jeffrey Epstein and age-of-consent laws. Enlarge / Richard Stallman, then-president of the Free Software Foundation, speaking in September 2015 in Turin, Italy, about GNU and the free software movement. (.....»»
Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash
Critics say the suggestion by a police commissioner is impractical, short-sighted and open to abuse......»»
Record sexual consent with an app, police chief suggests
An Australian police chief has suggested a phone app could be developed to document sexual consent as a way to improve conviction rates for sex crime cases......»»
YouTube is experimenting with a tool that checks for copyright violations during video uploads
YouTube is reportedly taking additional steps to curb videos featuring copyrighted material from being uploaded to its platform......»»
France’s competition authority declines to block Apple’s opt-in consent for iOS app tracking
Apple has fended off an attempt by advertisers in France to use a competition complaint route to derail incoming pro-privacy changes in iOS that will require third party apps to obtain users’ consent before they can track them. The French compe.....»»
China"s Tech Giants Test Way Around Apple"s New Privacy Rules
Some of China's biggest technology companies, including ByteDance and Tencent, are testing a tool to bypass Apple's new privacy rules and continue tracking iPhone users without their consent to serve them targeted mobile advertisements. From a report.....»»
Fuccillo Automotive employee arrested on suspicion of stealing $1 million
Joseph Pompo, who was corporate director of finance, reinsurance and taxation for the dealership group, is accused of forming a reinsurance company using dealership funds without his employers' consent......»»
The Demise of the Cookie and the Rise of First-Party Data
We live in a world where our every digital interaction is recorded, sometimes with our consent and at other times, without our knowledge. Continue reading........»»
Twitter rolls out vaccine misinformation warning labels and a strike-based system for violations
Twitter announced Monday that it would begin injecting new labels into users’ timelines to push back against misinformation that could disrupt the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The labels, which will also appear as pop-up messages in the retwee.....»»
Recipeasly: Food website removed after blogger backlash
Copying content without consent could be a breach of copyright, lawyers say......»»
Slutpage visits may be common among US college students
Visits to digital groups, websites or email lists that share nude or semi-nude photos of women without their consent, known as slutpages, may be common among US college students, according to a survey conducted at a large university in the USA. The f.....»»