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Scanning of communication in order to combat child pornography

Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services that have received a detection order shall execute it by installing and operating technologies to detect” CSAM upon request by the competent judicial authority or independent administrative authority, the draft regulation states. The obligation also requires tech platforms to conduct risk assessments and “reasonable mitigation … Read more

Web forms leak email addresses and passwords to advertisers

When internet users want to log in somewhere or fill in an online form, data such as email addresses and passwords can be sent to advertisers and other third parties before the send or log in button has been clicked, according to researchers from Radboud University, KU Leuven and the University of Leuven. University of … Read more

Data of millions of Grindr users for sale for years

The data was collected through ad networks, The Wall Street Journal reports. The information, including location data, has been for sale since at least 2017. Also “historical” data may still be available, anonymous sources tell the American newspaper. Grindr says in a response that the app changed its policy two years ago, so that location … Read more

App Tracking Transparency circumvented

“Since App Tracking Transparency was introduced last year with iOS 14.5, every iPhone and iPad app now has to ask users whether they want to be tracked or not. However, some developers have figured out new ways to keep tracking iOS users even when they opt out of being tracked by third-party apps. A new … Read more

How do democracies spy on you?

Spyware installed after a WhatsApp message or iMessage on the phone of politicians, lawyers, and activists in order to know what they are saying, hearing, chatting, searching, etc. All types of government are buying such spying software but how to prevent that it is used in the wrong way?

670.000 Euro fine for Analyzing phone calls

The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has recently published its annual report in which it presented a case where the Authority imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million). The case involved the personal data processing of a bank (acting as a data controller) which automatically analyzed the recorded audio of … Read more

Vodafone Spain almost 4 million Euros GDPR fine for loss of confidentiality related to mobile phone sim card duplicate and a lack of accountability

“Various claims are filed as a result of the issuance of duplicate SIM cards to third parties other than subscribers. As a result of the above, the holders of the telephone line are not only left without service, but the third parties access their bank accounts.” “Spanish DPA carries out research actions to analyze the … Read more