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Worldwide alert regarding the practice of scraping data from social media platforms

Global data protection authorities, such as the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's Office, released a joint statement highlighting the...

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Nov 9, 20231 min read

Worldwide alert regarding the practice of scraping data from social media platforms

Global data protection authorities, such as the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's Office, released a joint statement highlighting the...

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Data breach suffered by Google Fi third-party service provider

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Mar 20, 20231 min read

Data breach suffered by Google Fi third-party service provider

A third-party system which stored “a limited amount” of customer data was breached, reported Google Fi, a mobile virtual network...

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Garante forbids Italians’ personal data from being processed by AI chatbot

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

Garante forbids Italians’ personal data from being processed by AI chatbot

Luka, Inc., U.S. based company developer of Replika, artificial intelligence chatbot, was forbidden by the Italian data protection...

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Meta was accused of tracking iPhone users

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Dec 5, 20221 min read

Meta was accused of tracking iPhone users

Meta was sued for the pursuit and gathering of personal data from iPhone users. It is charged for violating the ATT (Apple’s App Tracking...

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Japanese worker loses USB stick with entire city’s personal data

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Jun 27, 20221 min read

Japanese worker loses USB stick with entire city’s personal data

After a night out with friends, Japanese worker loses USB flash drive which contains personal data of every resident of Amagasaki,...

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Data transfer without cookies can be authorised by Google’s technology

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Feb 23, 20221 min read

Data transfer without cookies can be authorised by Google’s technology

MediaPost reported that a web browser system granted to Google can now authorise the transfer of data enclosed by a network without using...

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German police are using COVID-19 tracking data to identify witnesses

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Feb 13, 20221 min read

German police are using COVID-19 tracking data to identify witnesses

GB News reports that police in Germany have been using COVID-19 tracking data to identify witnesses for their investigation and are being...

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Transferring personal data harmlessly from the European Union to the Republic of Korea

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Feb 1, 20221 min read

Transferring personal data harmlessly from the European Union to the Republic of Korea

The adequacy decision for the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the Republic of Korea has been adopted under the...

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Jan 21, 20221 min read

CNPD notices flaws in early voting

It was allowed that the registration by third parties in the Early Voting Portal was authorized. However, the National Data Protection...

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Data protection in Brazil: privacy meaning freedom

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Oct 30, 20211 min read

Data protection in Brazil: privacy meaning freedom

Ricardo Cavallini, digital specialist in Brazil and professor at Singularity University, defends that it is essential that the protection...

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Personal data revealed by the Government Portal - State risks hefty fine

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Oct 8, 20211 min read

Personal data revealed by the Government Portal - State risks hefty fine

After the personal data of several citizens being revealed through the Portal Base, the government blocked the portal. The data disclosed...

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