Tag: Privacy

California Privacy Law Protects Neural Data
California continues to lead the US with privacy legislation, joining Colorado in passing legislation aimed at protecting the privacy of users' thoughts....
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Tor Project and Tails OS Have Merged
The Tor Project announced it has merged with the Tails OS project, in an effort to improve collaboration, reduce overhead, and improve users' access to fr...
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EU Votes Today On Controversial Effort to Destroy Private Messaging
The European Union is voting today (September 23) on its controversial chat control legislation, a measure security and privacy experts warn will destroy...
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FTC Report Slams Companies’ ‘Vast Surveillance’ and ‘Inadequate Safeguards’
A Federal Trade Commission staff report takes aim at social media and video stream companies' data collection practices and data protection measures....
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison Wants 1984-Style Surveillance
Oracle founder Larry Ellison is making waves with comments in which he makes the case for AI-based mass surveillance, in the interest of keeping people on...
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Ford Files Patent to Listen to Your Conversations for Targeted Advertising
Ford has filed for a patent to listen to all in-vehicle conversations and use those conversations to target passengers with advertising....
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Meta’s AI Scrapes Data From Millions of Australian Users—With No Opt-Out Option
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is once again facing scrutiny, this time over its practice of using Australian users' data to train its AI algorithms without of...
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Cox Media Group Listens to People via Their Phone Microphone
A leaked document puts Cox Media Group (CMG) in the running for 'Sleaziest Company Award,' with it admitting that it listens to people using their phones'...
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Elon Musk May Limit Travel to Free Speech-Only Countries After Telegram
Elon Musk has voiced what many CEOs are thinking in the aftermath of...
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Emmanuel Macron Says Government Not Involved In Arrest Of Telegram CEO
French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron has taken to X to set the record straight, saying the French government was not involved in Telegram CEO Pavel Durov'...
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Federal Appeals Court: Fourth Amendment ‘Categorically’ Prohibits Geofence Warrants
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has overturned a previous ruling, concluding geofence warrants are "categorically prohibited by th...
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US Government Sues TikTok For Violating Child Privacy Laws
The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have sued TikTok and parent ByteDance for violating child privacy laws....
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How To Protect Your Private Data At The US Border
In view of the recent court decision regarding the Fou...
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Google Gemini Scans Private Google Drive Files Without Permission
Google Gemini is apparently scanning private PDFs in users' Google Drive accounts, the latest issue involving AI and privacy....
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