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

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

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

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

Part 1 Discovering that your Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning up your location data
Doubleagent.net · 2023-07-24 12 min Hello Hacker News, thanks for visiting!A Bluetooth enabled battery monitor that records car battery voltages. The hardware requires a smartphone for pairing The product collects GPS co-ordinates, cell phone tower data and nearby Wifi beacons Location data is sent over the Intern

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

“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

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

Response to the Government’s AI White Paper
Labourlongterm.org · 2023-04-11 7 min Authors: James Baker and Haydn BelfieldIntroductionToday, the Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published its AI White Paper: ‘AI regulation: pro-innovation approach’. The White Paper contains the Government’s proposals for the establishment o

Dutch antitrust authority fines Apple for fifth time (aggregate: €25M) over alleged non compliance with dating app payment system ruling
Fosspatents.com · 2023-03-02 4 min Dutch tech reporter Nando Kasteleijn of NOS just reported on Twitter that the Authority for consumers & Markets--the Dutch antitrust authority--has imposed another contempt sanction on Apple of €5 million ($5.7 million) for this calendar week, on top of €20 million ($22.

EU Cyber Resilience Act
Digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu · 2023-02-09 1 min From baby-monitors to smart-watches, products and software that contain a digital component are omnipresent in our daily lives. Less apparent to many users is the security risk such products and software may present.  The Commission’s proposal for a new Cyber Resilience Act (C

Digital Euro: acting for a privacy friendly model
Cnil.fr · 2023-02-06 3 min The digital euro: what is at stake for the freedoms of citizens The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched in the summer of 2021 an investigation phase to develop a digital form of the euro. For this institution, one of the objectives is to maintain a link between citizens and

Euro numérique : agir pour un modèle respectueux de la vie privée
Cnil.fr · 2023-02-02 3 min L’euro numérique : des risques pour les libertés des citoyens français et européensLa Banque centrale européenne (BCE) a lancé à l’été 2021 une phase d’investigation pour développer une forme numérique de l’euro. Pour cette institution, l’un des objectifs es

EUR Lex 32019R0881 EN
Eur-lex.europa.eu · 2023-01-31 153 min REGULATION (EU) 2019/881 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 17 April 2019on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act

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

AG Racine Announces Google Must Pay $9.5 Million for Using "Dark Patterns" and Deceptive Location Tracking Practices that Invade Users' Privacy
Oag.dc.gov · 2023-01-13 4 min Continues OAG’s Work to Hold Big Tech Companies Accountable and Protect consumers’ PrivacyWASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Google will pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it deceived and manipulated consumers to gain access

Amazon Must Turn Over Extensive Records in Alexa Privacy Lawsuit
News.bloomberglaw.com · 2022-11-06 1 min Amazon.com Inc. must produce millions of documents in response to discovery requests in a potential class action over the marketing of its Alexa-enabled devices and their recording of users’ conversations, a federal judge ruled.Kaeli Garner, Ricky Babani, and other plaintiffs a

5 privacy policy mistakes to watch out for
Startpage.com · 2022-08-26 6 min When was the last time you read a privacy policy? Guest author Dan Arel explains which 5 things you should pay particular attention to when reading a privacy policy.Running ThinkPrivacy.ch means that every day I am sent new product and service recommendations from companies and/o

American Phone Tracking Firm Demo’d Surveillance Powers by Spying on CIA and NSA
Theintercept.com · 2022-08-12 17 min In the months leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two obscure American startups met to discuss a potential surveillance partnership that would merge the ability to track the movements of billions of people via their phones with a constant stream of data purchased dire

Google urged to stop collecting phone location data before Roe v. Wade reversal
Arstechnica.com · 2022-05-26 5 min Enlarge / A pro-choice demonstrator in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2022. Getty Images | Stefani Reynolds More than 40 Democratic members of Congress called on Google to stop collecting and retaining customer location data that prosecutors could use