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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
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April 23, 11:07 PM
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UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms

UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
The government said medical data of 500,000 people was affected but no personally identifiable information had been made available.
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April 18, 12:45 AM
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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
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March 26, 1:03 AM
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US lawmakers quiz Meta over ‘dangerous’ facial recognition plans for smart glasses | Computer Weekly

US lawmakers quiz Meta over ‘dangerous’ facial recognition plans for smart glasses | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech - London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers British Transport Police start using live facial recognition - British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use - In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance  
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March 18, 2:16 AM
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Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs citing low adoption of the privacy-focused feature.
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March 4, 8:37 PM
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TikTok starts court battle to save China ties –

TikTok starts court battle to save China ties – | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
The Irish case is a major test for Europe’s GDPR law.
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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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April 18, 12:54 AM
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Danske Bank upgrade error exposed 20,000 customer addresses | Computer Weekly

Danske Bank upgrade error exposed 20,000 customer addresses | Computer Weekly | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Danish bank revealed details of a customer data leak last year which affected thousands of customers
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April 14, 8:31 PM
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Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data | Hacking | The Guardian

Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data | Hacking | The Guardian | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Undisclosed number of names and contact and reservation details accessed in latest cybercrime attempt
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March 26, 1:01 AM
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The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.
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March 4, 8:56 PM
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https://www.euractiv.com/news/meps-quiz-commission-on-privacy-concerns-of-metas-smart-glasses/

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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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