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Technological development has always outpaced privacy concerns, but never more so than in the past decade. Collection and centralization of personally identifiable information (PII), tracking of movements and digital surveillance are all at unprecedented levels. Regulations and laws are only just beginning to catch up to the ability of both governments and private entities to deploy these capabilities.

 

What exactly is there to worry about? The mass collection and centralization of data by giant multinationals such as Facebook and Google is as good of a place to start as any. Two decades of vacuuming up the personal data of users of various online services has created the most impressive marketing capabilities in history, but these profiles have astounding potential for damage when they are used the wrong way or fall into the wrong hands.

 

Unauthorized information that is captured in data breaches tends to find its way to massive “combo lists” that are sold and traded on the dark web. Social security numbers are added from this breach, home addresses and phone numbers from that one, personal health information from yet another. Soon, a frighteningly complete profile of millions of individuals is available to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

 

These are just the established data privacy issues. The emerging ones are even worse. High-quality facial recognition technology is just beginning to roll out across the public places of some countries. Artificial intelligence is not only making mass facial recognition possible, but magnifies the power and reach of any application that involves capturing and sorting information: scanning pictures, analyzing speech, sifting through text and location data. This threatens to not only shatter anonymity and privacy, but allow for highly advanced impersonation and take the concept of “identity theft” to new levels.

 

Some businesses chafe at the trouble and added expense of new and emerging data privacy regulations, but they are vital to both protecting rights and privacy and instilling confidence in end users. Customers want to be able to submit their payment information without worry about data breaches and identity theft, use services without wondering what is being done with their personal information and use devices without fear of surveillance or having location data tracked. The need for meaningful safeguards only grows greater as technological capabilities increase.

 

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WhatsApp Calls Apple Privacy Labels “Anti-Competitive”; Competing Apple Services Not Subject To the Same Requirements

December 21, 2020
There is a common feeling that Apple’s new privacy labels are unfair. WhatsApp is among the first of the major social media apps to give voice to this sentiment, describing them as "anti-competitive." Read More
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Adtech Industry Hit With Privacy Complaints Over Real Time Bidding Systems

December 17, 2020
Real time bidding is facing a smattering of privacy complaints in the EU based on a lack of required consumer consent under the terms of the GDPR. Read More
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Americans Don’t Trust the US Government — Especially with Their Data

December 17, 2020
Facebook with its fair share of data security scandals and the government’s past of secretly monitoring of citizens’ communication. Who does US citizens trust more with their data? Read More
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Data PrivacyNews

France’s CNIL Hands Amazon and Google Heavy Fines for Use of Tracking Cookies Without Consent

December 15, 2020
French data regulator CNIL has hit tech giants Google and Amazon with some heavy penalties for placing non-essential tracking cookies. Google will pay €100 million and Amazon will pay €35 million. Read More
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Data PrivacyNews

The FTC and 48 Attorneys General Seek to Break Up Facebook With Antitrust Lawsuits

December 14, 2020
There have been rumblings about antitrust lawsuits targeting Silicon Valley's biggest companies. The first has finally emerged. If the suit is ultimately successful it could break up Facebook. Read More
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Data PrivacyNews

China Removes 105 Mobile Apps From Public Stores for Privacy Violations & Criminal Activity, Including Tripadvisor

December 11, 2020
The current wave of action against mobile apps stems from an early November promise from the CAC to "clean up" those that are committing privacy violations or facilitating criminal activity. Read More
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Data PrivacyInsights

Moving Healthcare Forward Shouldn’t Mean Leaving Privacy Behind

December 9, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the digital transformation across the healthcare sector, and bringing along corresponding privacy risks to personal data. Read More
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Data PrivacyNews

Sensitive Data Leak From Baidu Apps Allows Lifetime User Tracking According To Researchers

December 7, 2020
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discovered data leak from Baidu and other apps that could allow user tracking across devices for a lifetime. Over 6 million users in the United States were affected. Read More
Close up of a chimpanzee covering face showing privacy infringement by facial recognition system
Data PrivacyNews

Wildlife Park in China Fined for Privacy Infringement, Prompted by Citizen Concerns About New Facial Recognition System

December 4, 2020
A wildlife park in Hangzhou has landed in some legal trouble after implementing a facial recognition system. A court agreed the sudden switch to this system constitutes privacy infringement. Read More
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Data PrivacyNews

South Korean Regulator Fines Facebook for Privacy Violations; Social Media Giant Shared Personal Data Without User Consent

December 3, 2020
South Korea has fined Facebook $6.1 million for privacy violations. Facebook shared the personal information of 3.3 million residents without collecting proper user consent. Read More
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