Mozilla has analyzed the privacy and security of 25 major car brands and found that they collect a lot of data and can share it or sell it to third parties.
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The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.
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Indian lawmakers approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights.
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Privacy management solutions provider OneTrust raises $150 million at a $4.5 billion valuation.
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Norway’s data protection agency wants to ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal information of users for targeted advertising, threatening a $100,000 daily fine if the company continues.
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A group of congressional Democrats reported that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
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The EU signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against Meta.
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Fears mount that UK Online Safety Bill may include a requirement for an encrypted message scanning capability.
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Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle FTC charges that it illegally collected the data of children who signed up for Xbox.
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