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British Transport Police start using live facial recognition | Computer Weekly

British Transport Police start using live facial recognition | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology
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February 20, 3:34 AM
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Best Smart GPS Trackers in 2025

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February 15, 7:11 PM
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Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest camera out of ‘backend systems’

Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest camera out of ‘backend systems’ | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Shortly after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff Chris Nanos said that a camera affixed to her door had been disconnected, that she did not have a subscription that would have saved video and that investigators were trying to work with a tech company on the difficult forensic task of recovering any video
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February 15, 7:04 PM
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California's attorney general issues largest CCPA fine to date | IAPP

California's attorney general issues largest CCPA fine to date | IAPP | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his office reached the largest California Consumer Privacy Act settlement to date, a USD2.75 million penalty and corrective measures to Disney over claims of CCPA opt-out requirement noncompliance. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball has the details.
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February 1, 1:33 AM
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An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account

An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company’s stuffed animals.
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January 29, 5:41 AM
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Data Protection Day 2026: keeping children’s personal data safe online | European Data Protection Board

Data Protection Day 2026: keeping children’s personal data safe online | European Data Protection Board | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
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January 18, 6:39 PM
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The Tea App Is Back With a New Website

The Tea App Is Back With a New Website | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Months after major data leaks, the app where women leave Yelp-style reviews about men is relaunching with a new website. It’s not back on iOS, but the Android app has new AI features.
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October 19, 2025 4:20 AM
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Cover Your Tracks

Cover Your Tracks | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
See how trackers view your browser
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October 10, 2025 1:34 AM
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Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act

The Federal Court ordered that Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation to a data breach by its Medlab Pathology business in February 2022.
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October 3, 2025 3:08 AM
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Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged ‘Dark Patterns’ in Prime Sign-Ups

Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged ‘Dark Patterns’ in Prime Sign-Ups | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime.
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September 28, 2025 2:51 AM
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DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.
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August 10, 2025 6:17 AM
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The UK Data (Use and Access Act): What does it mean for Schools and EdTech Vendors?

The UK Data (Use and Access Act): What does it mean for Schools and EdTech Vendors? | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
The need for online services to explicitly take children’s needs into account is clearly established under the Data Use and Access Act (DUAA).
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July 24, 2025 9:09 AM
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Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
A trove of 1.1 million records left accessible on the open web shows how much sensitive information can be created—and made vulnerable—during the adoption process.
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July 6, 2025 4:53 AM
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Markey, Cassidy Statement on Google Endorsement of Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Bill

Markey, Cassidy Statement on Google Endorsement of Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Bill | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Washington (June 24, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senat
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February 18, 10:59 PM
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British Transport Police start using live facial recognition | Computer Weekly

British Transport Police start using live facial recognition | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology
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February 15, 7:08 PM
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Are TikTok and X tracking you on the internet? Find out here.

Are TikTok and X tracking you on the internet? Find out here. | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
We’ve updated The Markup’s privacy tool to help you understand how sites are tracking you through TikTok and X pixels.
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February 15, 7:03 PM
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Scroll, swipe, shield: India's evolving approach to children's data in a comparative perspective | IAPP

Scroll, swipe, shield: India's evolving approach to children's data in a comparative perspective | IAPP | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Lawyer Komal Thacker explores digital protections for children within India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act and how they compare to regulations in other areas, like the U.K. and U.S.
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January 29, 5:44 AM
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The Grok case in Brazil: Are synthetic images now biometric data? | IAPP

The Grok case in Brazil: Are synthetic images now biometric data? | IAPP | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Opice Blum Partner Henrique Fabretti Moraes writes a joint regulator recommendation to social media company X to halt the generation and circulation of nonconsensual sexually explicit synthetic content may have broader impacts on the practical application of Brazil's LGPD.
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January 25, 8:20 AM
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Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach | Computer Weekly

Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Details of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack by the Everest gang.
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November 14, 2025 3:10 AM
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Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months | Computer Weekly

Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, following a lengthy investigation.
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October 10, 2025 1:35 AM
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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
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October 3, 2025 3:29 AM
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Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out.
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October 3, 2025 2:55 AM
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Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months | Computer Weekly

Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack was not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer.
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September 14, 2025 12:51 AM
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Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack | Computer Weekly

Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Jaguar Land Rover has admitted that some data has been revealled to have been affected in the cyber attack that began on 31 August.
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July 31, 2025 6:37 AM
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A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats

A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Security flaws in Airportr, a door-to-door luggage checking service used by 10 airlines, let hackers access user data and even gain privileges that would have let them redirect or steal luggage.
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July 16, 2025 8:53 AM
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Veronica Barassi: What tech companies know about your kids | TED Talk

The digital platforms you and your family use every day -- from online games to education apps and medical portals -- may be collecting and selling your children's data, says anthropologist Veronica Barassi. Sharing her eye-opening research, Barassi urges parents to look twice at digital terms and conditions instead of blindly accepting them -- and to demand protections that ensure their kids' data doesn't skew their future.
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