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EFF Partners with DuckDuckGo to Enhance Secure Browsing and Protect User Information on the Web
San Francisco, California—Boosting protection of Internet users’ personal data from snooping advertisers and third-party trackers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced it has enhan...
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Mexico will require new cell phone users to provide biometric data to the government
The Mexican Senate approved a controversial bill that would create a nationwide registry of cell phone users, which will be mandatory for all new cell
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Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy
Unless the federal government steps up, the unchecked middlemen of surveillance capitalism will continue to harm our civil rights and national security.
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WhatsApp’s new privacy policy is so bad it might be illegal
WhatsApp has been facing one hell of a backlash ever since it shared that it wanted to update its privacy policy with changes that would allow Facebook to
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Facebook's idea of sharing information appears to include having such weak data protection policies that users' private information is, sooner or later, leaked all over the Internet.
Facebook's idea of sharing information appears to include having such weak data protection policies that users' private information is, sooner or later, leaked all over the Internet.
- April 14, 2021
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School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired | CBC News
A school custodian says she was fired after refusing to put an app on her phone that checked her location, citing privacy concerns. As more people work remotely in the pandemic, “tattleware” that trac...
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Tell Spotify to drop its plan to spy on your conversations to target music and ads.
Are you listening to Spotify, or is it listening to you? Say no emotional surveillance for profit!
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Google illegally tracking Android users, according to new complaint
Activist alleges use of tracking identifiers without user consent breaches EU law.
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Your 'Smart Home' Is Watching – And Possibly Sharing Your Data With The Police - Smart-Home Devices Like Thermostats And Fridges May Be Too Smart For Comfort – Especially In A Country With Few Laws Pr... View More
Your ‘smart home’ is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police | Albert Fox Cahn and Justin Sherman
Smart-home devices like thermostats and fridges may be too smart for comfort – especially in a country with few laws preventing the sale of digital data to third parties
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Google is limiting which apps can see everything else you have installed
Apps that misuse the permission will be removed
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Google wants to block all advertising and trackers, except for their own.
Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea
The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement. No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it. For more than two decades, the third-party cookie has been t...
