Spain: AEPD publishes guide on audience measurement cookies
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Privacy and AI #9
Linkedin.com · 2024-01-23 17 min In this edition of Privacy and AI:PRIVACY • EDPB bans Meta's processing PD for behavioral ads using legitimate interests or contract in the EU• Guidelines on the use of API• AI development and use - legal basis• EDPB Guidelines 2/2023 on Technical Scope of Art. 5(3) of e

Here's how to contribute — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
Fsf.org · 2024-01-04 3 min Did you ever ask yourself why online privacy is important and what can be done about it? Learn how the JShelter web extension can be part of your privacy protection tool kit, as well as ways to contribute, in this article.Protecting your online privacy has never been more importa

Political advertising: EU won't ban voter manipulation and microtargeting
Patrick-breyer.de · 2023-11-09 2 min Yesterday, the EU Parliament and Council agreed on new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising. The Parliament was able to secure a publicly accessible library of online political advertising, but targeting political messages based on the individual preferenc

FTC Warns Tax Prep Companies Against Invasive Online Tracking – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-09-21 3 min Pixel HuntSharing private information could lead to penalties, agency says after Markup investigation By Colin LecherSeptember 19, 2023 13:13 ET Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesShare This Article Copy Link RepublishThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned five tax pre

Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox to use Chrome browsing history for ads
Bleepingcomputer.com · 2023-09-10 5 min Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user's interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser.When starting the Google Chrome browser, users will now see an alert titled 'Enhanced ad

MoS IT on concerns around Digital Personal Data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused
Indianexpress.com · 2023-08-13 9 min MoS IT on concerns around Digital Personal Data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused | Business News - The Indian Express Advertisement On Saturday, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 was published i

From “Heavy Purchasers” of Pregnancy Tests to the Depression Prone: We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-08-07 15 min Share This Article Copy Link RepublishWhat words would you use to describe yourself? You might say you’re a dog owner, a parent, that you like Taylor Swift, or that you’re into knitting. If you feel like sharing, you might say you have a sunny personality or that you follow

Best Private Web Browsers for Most Privacy in 2023
Privacytools.io · 2023-07-28 5 min Experience true privacy with PrivacyTools curated list of private browsers. Protect your online identity & data. Find the best private browser for you.LibreWolf: Focused on privacy, security and freedom for desktop onlyFast Win Mac LinuxA modified version of firefox designed

Google attempts to defend Web Environment Integrity proposal
Theregister.com · 2023-07-28 6 min Google's Web Environment Integrity (WEI) proposal, according to one of the developers working on the controversial fraud fighting project, aims to make the web "more private and safe."Ben Wiser, a software engineer at the Chocolate Factory, responded on Wednesday to serious conce

Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case
Laquadrature.net · 2023-06-06 27 min This article was written on the basis of information relating to the so-called “8 December” case1For a summary of the 8 December affair see in particular the testimonies available in this Revue Z article, this Lundi matin article, the following support committee articles (he

Passkeys (Passkey Authentication)
Fidoalliance.org · 2023-05-04 13 min Accelerating the Availability of Simpler, Stronger Passwordless Sign-Ins FAQ's ResourcesThis graphic is a genericized representation of what the user experience may be.Passkeys/ˈpasˌkēs/nounBased on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster

Passkey: cos'è e come funziona
Smartworld.it · 2023-05-04 13 min Per diversi motivi, le password rappresentano l'anello debole per la sicurezza di un account, e i giganti del web hanno istituito un'alleanza, chiamata FIDO, per promuovere soluzioni più efficaci.Le passkey sono una risposta a questo problema, una soluzione che permette di util

The unique advantages of a native WordPress consent management plugin The Privacy Suite for WordPress
Complianz.io · 2023-04-13 4 min Most users don’t really think about it, but unlike many other cookie banner solutions, Complianz is a fully WordPress native cookie banner plugin that works directly from your server! This is not by accident: when we started building Complianz we analyzed the different possible

Friday Long Read: What To Do About AI
Wordfence.com · 2023-04-09 18 min Mark MaunderApril 7, 2023This is a Friday long-read, so grab a warm cup of something and kick back because we’re going to take our time on this. The world is about to profoundly change. I know you’re nervous – perhaps excited and optimistic, but if you’ve been paying att

Wordpress security scanner
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DSB (Austria) 2022 0.726.643
Gdprhub.eu · 2023-03-17 5 min DSB - 2022-0.726.643 Authority: DSB (Austria) Jurisdiction: Austria Relevant Law: Article 5(2) GDPRArticle 28 GDPRArticle 29 GDPRArticle 44 GDPR Type: Complaint Outcome: Upheld Started: 18.08.2020 Decided: 06.03.2023 Published: Fine: n/a Parties: Meta Platforms Inc. National C

Medical Devices Should Use Free Software +++ 25 New Videos FSFE
Fsfe.org · 2023-03-07 4 min Pubblicato il  In this issue we have a podcast episode about the need that medical devices have Free Software. Watch our talks from FOSDEM and videos about legal issues when developing. Participants of YH4F are already coding. Thanks to all your contributions, our fundraising e

Data brokers: Identification possible to sell ads, not to exercise fundamental rights
Noyb.eu · 2023-03-01 2 min Today, noyb filed a series of complaints against websites and data brokers that did not correctly address access requests using cookies as an authentication factor. The companies had shown obstructive approaches when authenticating users; ranging from denying the right to access,

Beware rogue 2FA apps in App Store and Google Play – don’t get hacked!
Nakedsecurity.sophos.com · 2023-02-27 12 min by Thanks to Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry of @mysk_co for the impetus and information behind this article. The duo describe themselves as “two iOS developers and occasional security researchers on two continents.” In other words, although cybersecurity isn’t their core b

Disinformazione ed elezioni: screditare il candidato ai familiari, entrando in gmail e telegram.
Theguardian.com · 2023-02-15 8 min The undercover footage was filmed by three reporters, who approached Team Jorge posing as prospective clients.In more than six hours of secretly recorded meetings, Hanan and his team spoke of how they could gather intelligence on rivals, including by using hacking techniques to a

Cheering emerging PETs: Global privacy tech support on the rise
Iapp.org · 2023-02-13 10 min The data economy is facing a paradox. The exponential increase in the processing of personal data has created a wide array of unprecedented possibilities to gain useful insights via artificial intelligence and machine learning. At the same time, these developments expose individ

How to legally use Google Analytics in Europe
Vischer.com · 2023-01-18 39 min Many website operators in Europe are at a loss: Is Google Analytics illegal? This is what recent decisions and statements by European Data Protection Authorities suggest, and some of them even say so directly. On closer inspection the situation is less black and white. Google A

LastPass finally admits: Those crooks who got in? They did steal your password vaults, after all…
Nakedsecurity.sophos.com · 2022-12-26 10 min by Popular password management company LastPass has been under the pump this year, following a network intrusion back in August 2022. Details of how the attackers first got in are still scarce, with LastPass’s first official comment cautiously stating that: [A]n unauthorized

Noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal
Noyb.eu · 2022-12-08 5 min noyb complaints: Meta's business model declared illegal in the EU according to WSJ. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp can no longer run personalized ads without user consent As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the EDPB has decided that Meta cannot force users to agree to perso

Shopify illegal? Wie mir die Datenschutzbehörde die Nutzung meines Shopify Shops für rechtswidrig erklärte (Erfahrungsbericht
Lsww.de · 2022-11-15 11 min Der Artikel ist am 11.11.22 erschienen und wird regelmäßig über weitere Entwicklungen zum Thema aktualisiert. Zu den Updates. Am 13.06.2022 nahm meine persönliche Erfolgsgeschichte mit Shopify eine dramatische Wendung. Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Infor

German Court Fines Website Owner for Violating the GDPR by Using Google Hosted Fonts
Wptavern.com · 2022-11-14 1 min In late January, a Munich regional court ruled that a plaintiff was entitled to injunctive relief and damages of 100 € from an undisclosed website owner for passing on the visitor’s IP address to Google through the use of Google Fonts.Since it is possible to use the fonts wit

Cybersecurity: EU bans anonymous Internet sites
Patrick-breyer.de · 2022-11-10 3 min The EU Parliament today approved the directive to increase cyber security (“NIS 2”) by a large majority. According to it, the registration of internet domain names shall in the future require the correct identification of the owner in the Whois database (Article 28). The obli

UBlock Origin Minus: an experimental Manifest v3 compatible extension gHacks Tech News
Ghacks.net · 2022-09-09 2 min Raymond Hill, the creator of the popular content blocker uBlock Origin, has published the experimental extension uBO Minus for Chromium-based browsers.The experimental extension is based on Google's Manifest V3 for extensions, which changes things significantly for extensions suc

Firefox Profilemaker
Ffprofile.com · 2022-08-12 2 min Fake another Useragent Using a popular useragent string avoids attracting attention i.e. with an Iceweasel UA. (keep blank to use the default)Block Cookies Block 3rd-Party cookies or even all cookies. Block Referer Firefox tells a website, from which site you're coming (the so ca