Google to Pay Indiana $20 Million to Resolve Privacy Suit
EarSpy: Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer
As smartphone manufacturers are improving the ear speakers in their devices, it can become easier for malicious actors to leverage a particular side-channel for eavesdropping on a targeted user’s conversations, according to a team of researchers from several universities in the United States.
Data of 400 Million Twitter Users for Sale as Irish Privacy Watchdog Announces Probe
An individual is offering to sell the data of more than 400 million Twitter users, just as Ireland’s data protection watchdog has announced an investigation into the recent data leaks impacting the social media giant.
Facebook Agrees to Pay $725 Million to Settle Privacy Suit
Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ private data.
The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday.
China’s ByteDance Admits Using TikTok Data to Track Journalists
Employees of Chinese tech giant ByteDance improperly accessed data from social media platform TikTok to track journalists in a bid to identify the source of leaks to the media, the company admitted Friday.
Five Ways TikTok Is Seen as Threat to US National Security
Many in the United States see TikTok, the highly popular video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, as a threat to national security.
The following is a look at five reasons why:
Data sharing
France Fines Microsoft 60 Million Euros Over Advertising Cookies
France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users.
Congress Moves to Ban TikTok From US Government Devices
EU Moves Closer to Sewing Up New Data Transfer Deal With US
The European Union moved closer to a clinching a revamped deal over transatlantic data transfers aimed at resolving concerns about U.S. spying with a draft decision that confirms “comparable safeguards” to those in the EU, which has stringent privacy rules.
