Privacy
W3C urges Chrome, other browsers to ditch third-party cookies
The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) is calling for a web without third-party cookies. The International Standards Organization says cross-site tracking cookies are harmful and “must be removed from the web platform.”
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Mozilla launches online petition to keep encryption alive
Mozilla has launched an online petition calling on governments to protect and secure personal information and privacy by rejecting encryption backdoors.
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Warner Music reprimanded for faulty cookie banners
The Swedish regulators have reprimanded Warner Music and two other companies for implementing cookie banners incorrectly.
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Brave brings AI muscle to block annoying cookie consent pop-ups
Brave has open-sourced its Cookiecrumbler tool, an AI-powered system that automatically detects annoying cookie consent pop-ups. Developers and privacy advocates can now join the fight against changing banners.
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Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft gobbles too much user data, privacy advocates claim
French game publisher Ubisoft forces users to connect to the internet, and can’t explain why the connection is mandatory for single-player games, noyb, an influential European privacy lobby group, has said.
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Chrome will not ask users if they agree to be tracked by third-party cookies
Would you agree to be tracked by third-party cookies? Never mind, Google Chrome will not be asking this question anytime soon, as it ditches plans to introduce a standalone prompt.
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US Garmin users question the actual reason behind data collection: more reasons to revoke your insurance?
Users want to know Garmin’s next step amid mass data collection for RFK Jr’s autism study.
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Even three random word passwords fall to new cracking technique
A new technique could supercharge law enforcement’s ability to crack passwords in offline investigations.
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Fortune 500 firm's ex-employee exposes thousands of clients
Ameriprise Financial, a Fortune 500 firm and American financial sector veteran, has informed thousands of customers that an ex-employee's mistake revealed their personal details.
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X trained Grok on European user data, watchdog claims
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced it will launch an investigation into X for processing the personal data of European users to train its large language models (LLMs).
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US to screen social media activity of wanna-be citizens for antisemitic behavior
US Immigration Services said it will begin screening the social media accounts of aliens for antisemitic activity, including permenant resident applicants and foreign students.
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How websites misused cookie banners: sometimes, they made them impossible to refuse
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) launched five investigations into the use of cookie banners last year. In all cases, the organizations responsible for the websites violated the law. Since then, the cookie banners have been adjusted.
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EU nations sign ‘Pall Mall’ pact on intrusive spyware use, US nowhere in sight
The Trump administration is "noticeably absent" from this year’s Pall Mall conference in France, where 21 nations signed a pact vowing responsible government use of spyware, surveillance, and other commercially available cyber intrusion tools.
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Google simplifies end-to-end encrypted emails for businesses on Gmail
Gmail enterprise users will soon be able to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails directly to other Gmail inboxes.
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FTC head says 23andMe genetic data safe in wake of bankruptcy sale
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday assured the public that their genetic data is safe after issuing a letter to the US trustee handling the 23andMe bankruptcy case, who is expected to sell the company to a third party.
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Mozilla introduces VPN extension with per-site IP controls
Mozilla has introduced a new extension for its VPN service that allows Firefox users to set IP addresses for specific websites. However, it only works on Windows and the service itself depends on Mullvad, a third-party vendor.
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Google timeline data loss: privacy win or user betrayal?
Google’s Timeline data purge has begun, with some users losing years of location history overnight. Are you next?
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NYPD deploys more drones to 911 calls, privacy advocates are worried
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is increasingly deploying drones for reconnaissance flights when 911 is called.
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China's Baidu denies data breach after executive's daughter leaks personal info
Chinese search giant Baidu on Wednesday denied allegations it had suffered an internal data breach after a top executive's teenage daughter posted personal details of other internet users online, sparking a controversy.
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“No difference between us and Signal:” WhatsApp counters rumors
Will Cathcart, WhatsApp's head, is trying to debunk claims that are circulating in the Netherlands about the platform’s data-collecting practices.
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