FTC Order Will Ban Avast from Selling Browsing Data for Advertising Purposes, Require It to Pay $16.5 Million Over Charges the Firm Sold Browsing Data After Claiming Its Products Would Block Online Tracking | Federal Trade Commission
Ftc.gov · 2024-02-24 5 min The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries sold such information to third parties

Chi vusa püsé la vaca l'è sua
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Spain: AEPD publishes guide on audience measurement cookies
Dataguidance.com · 2024-01-24 2 min You will receive an activation email shortly with verification instructionsCreate an accountJoin our community for free to access exclusive whitepapers, reports, and regulatory information. *First Name *Last Name *Work E-mail *Company *Country Phone (Optional) At least one upperc

JShelter e il tracciamento degli utenti dei browser come Google Chrome con MV3 API
Jshelter.org · 2024-01-04 3 min Over the years, privacy and security-oriented browser extensions in the same category of JShelter (e.g. uBlock or NoScript, whose code is partially inherited by JShelter through the NoScript Commons Library), have been forced into multiple complex refactorings and modernizations,

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

Presenting this season's online FSF bulletin — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
Fsf.org · 2024-01-04 2 min Screenshot of online BulletinAs I write this, we have received our first snowfall in Boston, MA, the city where the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has its cozy office. The seasons are changing, for sure, but the bi-annual routine of providing the public with articles about free s

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

Undermining Democracy: The European Commission's Controversial Push for Digital Surveillance – Danny Mekić
Dannymekic.com · 2023-10-15 11 min Biography Quotes Nederlands Menu Danny Mekić. Speaker Chairman Entrepreneur NewTeam StrategyCooker HackathonFactory Innovation Company Innovations Automotive & Innovation Banks & Innovation Education & Innovation Healthcare & Innovation

Uso di Signal, ProtonMail, Tor e Tails assimilati a comportamenti terroristici: come può succedere?
Ilsoftware.it · 2023-09-21 4 min Vi aspettereste mai che un’agenzia governativa chiamata a svolgere attività di intelligence, con responsabilità sulla sicurezza di un intero Paese, possa mai assimilare l’utilizzo delle principali applicazioni basate sulla crittografia end-to-end a comportamenti terroristic

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

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

Iniziare ad usare XMPP e Snikket
Peertube.debian.social · 2023-07-26 < 1 min Iniziare ad usare XMPP e Snikket - peertube.debian.social JavaScript required It seems JavaScript is either blocked or disabled in your web browser. We totally get that. However, this page will not work without it. If you are concerned about the security and privacy (or lac

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

Ursnif Trojan
Pcrisk.it · 2023-05-26 8 min Cos'è Ursnif? Ursnif (noto anche come Gozi) è un virus di tipo trojan ad alto rischio progettato per registrare varie informazioni sensibili. Di solito questo virus si infiltra nei sistemi senza autorizzazione, dal momento che gli sviluppatori lo diffondono usando campagne di s

Have I Been Pwned Adds Over 225 Million Passwords From UK Agency
Pcmag.com · 2023-05-25 2 min Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) has made it easier(Opens in a new window) for law enforcement to share compromised data, starting with over 225 million passwords from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA).For the unfamiliar: HIBP is a platform devoted to helping people find out if their pe

Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP address
Github.com · 2023-05-21 1 min Back to Dashboard: SettingsOption removed from desktop browsers in uBlock Origin v1.38.browsers now obfuscate LAN addresses by mDNS:Firefox: "Enable mDNS hostname obfuscation" Chromium: "mDNS service for IP handling in WebRTC" Option is still available in Android Firefox, because

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

Il motore di ricerca Bing sta condividendo i dati degli utenti
Guruhitech.com · 2023-04-28 2 min Condividi l'articolo Attraverso Reddit è stato rivelato un difetto che sta causando una fuga di dati dal browser Edge al motore di ricerca Bing di Microsoft, in cui le informazioni degli utenti vengono trasferite da una piattaforma all’altra senza autorizzazione. L’utente

YARPP <= 5.30.2 Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion
Wordfence.com · 2023-04-22 2 min The Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database API is completely free to query and utilize, both personally and commercially, and contains all the same vulnerability data as the user interface. Please review the documentation for more information on how to query the vulnerabil

Wallife protegge dalle minacce la nostra identità digitale
Techfromthenet.it · 2023-04-18 7 min Wallife è una startup Insurtech unica nel suo genere, capace di gestire la sicurezza e la protezione dell’identità digitale delle persone, per difenderle dai rischi derivanti dalle nuove tecnologie. Fondata nel 2020 da Fabio Sbianchi e guidata dalla CEO Maria Enrica Ang

“Early Thoughts on Generative AI”Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya, Federal Trade CommissionBefore the International Association of Privacy Professionals – Quinta’s weblog
Blog.quintarelli.it · 2023-04-13 6 min questo file “Early Thoughts on Generative AI” Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya, Federal Trade Commission Before the International Association of Privacy Professionals vale decisamente la pena. Longtermisti e criti-hype-isti scansatevi. Ormai i policymaker han

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

Texts adopted Data Act Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Europarl.europa.eu · 2023-04-12 206 min THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act

'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says
Vice.com · 2023-04-11 7 min A Belgian man recently died by suicide after chatting with an AI chatbot on an app called Chai, Belgian outlet La Libre reported.  The incident raises the issue of how businesses and governments can better regulate and mitigate the risks of AI, especially when it comes to mental

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

Utilizzo dei cookie analitici e consenso degli interessati, ecco le regole Cyber Security 360
Cybersecurity360.it · 2023-04-01 12 min Seppur non individuati né dal Codice Privacy né dal Provvedimento sui Cookie del Garante della privacy come categoria ad hoc, per i cookie analitici vi sono stati specifici interventi e orientamenti delle Autorità di controllo europee in materia di protezione di dati personal

Restic · Backups done right!
Restic.net · 2023-03-16 3 min Restic is a modern backup program that can back up your files: from Linux, BSD, Mac and Windows to many different storage types, including self-hosted and online services easily, being a single executable that you can run without a server or complex setup effectively, only

All In One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Impacting 3 Million Sites Patched
Wordfence.com · 2023-02-28 5 min On January 26, 2023, the Wordfence Team responsibly disclosed two vulnerabilities in All In One SEO Pack, a WordPress plugin installed on over 3 Million sites which provides search engine optimization tools designed to help content creators optimize their sites and reach more use