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Mobile Carriers in United States Face Mounting Criticism over Location Data Policies

January 23, 2019

Without your knowledge or consent, the leading mobile phone carriers in the United States may be actively selling your location data to third-party vendors. And, in turn, these vendors are re-selling this data to an expanding network of shady middlemen.

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U.S. Shares Evidence of Huawei Backdoor Access to Mobile Phone Networks With UK and Germany

February 27, 2020

U.S. officials claimed that Huawei can gain backdoor access by exploiting the same equipment network operators were required to install for use by law enforcement agencies.

Image of woman using mobile phone in front of laptop signifying anger over the breach of privacy by China Internet giants

Data Privacy News

Anger Over Alleged Breach of Privacy by China Internet Giants

January 15, 2018

Chinese Internet users have become much more vocal about what they perceive to be potential breach of privacy by China Internet Giants - Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.

Data Privacy News

Amazon’s New Smart Products Raise All Kinds of Alexa Privacy Concerns

October 9, 2019

Amazon unveiled new product line which raised many Alexa privacy concerns, such as Echo Frames and Echo Loop smart ring which could be recording conversations without you knowing.

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Data Privacy News

Pegasus Spyware Emerges Again as Journalists “Extensively” Targeted in El Salvador

January 17, 2022

Extensive campaign involving the Pegasus spyware in El Salvador targeted at least 35 journalists and political activists from June 2020 to November 2021, with most of the country's major media outlets affected.

Data Privacy News

China Adds COVID-19 Contagion Risk Ratings to Individual Profiles in National Surveillance System

March 23, 2020

China has added a "color code" in their national surveillance system to mark citizens according to their level of COVID-19 contagion risk and flag those with yellow and red codes for quarantine.

Close up shot of video camera lens showing the security vulnerability of Ring camera

Cyber Security Insights

Is Ring Camera a Vulnerability in Your Security System?

January 10, 2020

Thousands of Ring camera credentials are posted by hackers on the dark web which allow cybercriminals to get inside users’ camera system and watch them without their knowledge.

Image of digital padlock questioning the need for encryption backdoors with the use of surveillance technology

Data Privacy Insights

With New Surveillance Technology, Are Encryption Backdoors Still Needed?

November 18, 2019

With the use of surveillance technology by law enforcement to target suspected criminals and terrorists, is the argument for encryption backdoors still valid?

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Data Privacy Insights

The ‘Greater Good’ – When Good Organisations Do Questionable Things

June 21, 2016

Are individuals more likely to allow use of their data when it’s ‘for the greater good’ – even if permission is not sought? It may be that they don’t have a choice. Even as data protection measures increase and regulatory bodies increase their ability to punish bad behaviour by data custodians, there are still some thorny issues when it comes to the moral and legal obligations governing the sharing of Big Data and personal information.

Computer keyboard with the Chinese flag on it showing Internet surveillance in China

Data Privacy News

China Steps Up Internet Surveillance by Recording User Activities

December 19, 2018

Increasing Internet surveillance with new set of rules saw Internet authorities in China clenching an iron fist requiring tech companies to identify the real registered names of users and to record user activities.

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Mobile Carriers in United States Face Mounting Criticism over Location Data Policies

U.S. Shares Evidence of Huawei Backdoor Access to Mobile Phone Networks With UK and Germany

Anger Over Alleged Breach of Privacy by China Internet Giants

Amazon’s New Smart Products Raise All Kinds of Alexa Privacy Concerns

Pegasus Spyware Emerges Again as Journalists “Extensively” Targeted in El Salvador

China Adds COVID-19 Contagion Risk Ratings to Individual Profiles in National Surveillance System

Is Ring Camera a Vulnerability in Your Security System?

With New Surveillance Technology, Are Encryption Backdoors Still Needed?

The ‘Greater Good’ – When Good Organisations Do Questionable Things

China Steps Up Internet Surveillance by Recording User Activities

Overcoming Key Challenges in an AI-Centric Future

White House Launches the Cyber Trust Mark Labeling Program for Consumer Connected Devices

Google Location Data Privacy Lawsuit Cleared to Proceed

Apple and Google App Stores Fined in Brazil Over Face Manipulator App’s Data Collection