Face search engines that trawl the internet are not a new concept, but this apparent level of accuracy (backed by an advanced AI algorithm) has not previously been made available to the general public.
The noyb privacy complaint notes that Pinterest has invoked the "legitimate interest" exception to user consent for ad tracking, one of a small handful of such exceptions provided for by the GDPR. The problem for the company is that Meta has already tried this tack and failed.
Pizza Hut Australia has sent data breach notifications to 193,000 customers after a third party accessed a database containing personal and transactional information.
The government of Singapore is rolling out biometric facial verification technology as part of its national digital ID system, something that has privacy advocates concerned.
Planned Parenthood lab services provider Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) has disclosed a data breach that exposed the health data of 1.6 million people after hackers breached its systems.
Plex media streaming platform issued password reset notices to millions of users after an August data breach exposed a database containing account information.
Huawei’s dream of becoming a leader in 5G networks remains on hold as new study found many of its employees had prior links to Chinese intelligence and worked in projects eavesdropping on citizens or scooping up valuable data.
The Pokémon developer has confirmed that a data breach took place about two months ago and was the result of illegal access to the company's internal network, spilling internal secrets and some employee contact information.
Singapore’s early rollout of contact tracing included one of the world’s first mobile apps for this purpose, TraceTogether. Voluntary public uptake based on trust in government was key, but that trust may be shaken.
U.S. and European law enforcement agencies seized RaidForums and detained its founder and two accomplices after a year-long operation. Hacking site had at least 10 billion stolen records for sale and has more than 500,000 registered users.
