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Rapporteur for France’s Data Protection Agency Eyeing Six Million Euro Fine for Apple Over First-party Privacy Violations

December 22, 2022

The rapporteur for France's lead data protection agency (CNIL) is recommending a six million euro fine for Apple’s breach of the EU’s ePrivacy directive due to privacy violations. Apple had granted exceptions to the ATT framework for a variety of its own pre-installed apps.

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Apple to Add End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups

December 12, 2022

One of the few significant holes in Apple's end user security is set to be addressed, as Cupertino has announced plans to introduce end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups. A feature Apple has delayed due primarily to pressure from US federal law enforcement agencies.

Frustrated coffee shop manager calculating figures in cafe showing Apple's privacy changes impact small businesses

Data Privacy News

Echoing Facebook’s Late 2020 Media Blitz, Small Businesses Complain of Steep Personal Costs From Apple’s Privacy Changes

September 8, 2022

The complaints of some small businesses are providing at least some validity to Facebook’s claims that Apple's privacy changes disproportionately hurt small businesses.

Safari browser icon on laptop screen showing Safari privacy and private click management

Data Privacy News

Mozilla: Apple “Private Click Management” Not a Net Positive for Consumers, Safari Privacy Can Still Be Compromised by Cross-site Tracking

August 2, 2022

Mozilla's study finds that iOS and Safari privacy is not enhanced for end users when Private Click Management is enabled, and a small number of users can still be tracked across sites if the advertiser desires.

Data Privacy News

FCC Commissioner Renews Calls for App Stores To Remove TikTok, Citing National Security Concerns

July 4, 2022

FCC commissioner is calling for app stores to give TikTok the boot over national security concerns based on a leak of internal audio recordings of TikTok meetings showing engineers in China had backdoor access to the data of all of its users.

Apple store glass building in Munich. Germany showing antitrust probe on app tracking

Data Privacy News

Apple’s “App Tracking Transparency” Privacy Framework Faces New Antitrust Probe in Germany

June 20, 2022

Germany has opened an antitrust probe into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework. This follows a probe initiated by Poland in late 2021, and the expression of concerns along similar lines by both France and the UK.

Key made out of binary code inserted in digital lock showing password authentication

Cyber Security News

FIDO Passwordless Authentication Coming for Apple, Google, Microsoft Services

May 17, 2022

While the tech companies seem to be in full support of passwordless authentication, the tech community remains divided on whether it is really "ready for primetime."

Cyber Security News

Unintended Consequences of Apple’s Privacy Rules: Internal Engineers, App Developers Feel Constrained by Lack of Incoming Information

April 27, 2022

Proposed new features and app concepts are reportedly being nixed solely because of fears they will violate Apple’s privacy rules. Examples include scrapped plan to allow voice purchases via Siri.

Patrol car driving in the night showing forged data requests to obtain Apple and Meta user data

Cyber Security News

Hackers Able To Obtain Private User Data From Apple, Meta via Forged Law Enforcement Data Requests

April 4, 2022

Anonymous inside sources revealed that an attack campaign conducted in the middle of 2021 netted sensitive user data from Apple and Meta, with the hackers posing as legitimate law enforcement agencies.

Apple shopfront with iPhone advertisement showing IDFA and ad tracking

Data Privacy News

Apple Privacy Chief: “Regrets” Creating IDFA, Did Not Intend for Some Ad Tracking Uses to be Implemented

March 29, 2022

The IDFA was created as something of a compromise to make ad tracking possible while protecting user privacy, but designer Erik Neuenschwander eventually came to openly regret having ever created the system.

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Rapporteur for France’s Data Protection Agency Eyeing Six Million Euro Fine for Apple Over First-party Privacy Violations

Apple to Add End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups

Echoing Facebook’s Late 2020 Media Blitz, Small Businesses Complain of Steep Personal Costs From Apple’s Privacy Changes

Mozilla: Apple “Private Click Management” Not a Net Positive for Consumers, Safari Privacy Can Still Be Compromised by Cross-site Tracking

FCC Commissioner Renews Calls for App Stores To Remove TikTok, Citing National Security Concerns

Apple’s “App Tracking Transparency” Privacy Framework Faces New Antitrust Probe in Germany

FIDO Passwordless Authentication Coming for Apple, Google, Microsoft Services

Unintended Consequences of Apple’s Privacy Rules: Internal Engineers, App Developers Feel Constrained by Lack of Incoming Information

Hackers Able To Obtain Private User Data From Apple, Meta via Forged Law Enforcement Data Requests

Apple Privacy Chief: “Regrets” Creating IDFA, Did Not Intend for Some Ad Tracking Uses to be Implemented

Russian Phishing Campaign Targets Messaging App Users to Steal Recovery Keys and Take Over Accounts

“Cyber Shield,” Britain’s Agentic AI Cyber Defense Project, Prepares for the World of Machine-Speed Attacks

Data Breach Hits AssuranceAmerica Exposing Personal Information of Nearly 7 Million People

Data Breach at Aflac Japan Impacts 4.38 Million Customers and Sales Agents