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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever
2025-01-22 04:30

Despite progress made in privacy staffing and strategy alignment, privacy professionals are feeling increasingly stressed on the job within a complex compliance and risk landscape, according to...

European Privacy Group Sues TikTok and AliExpress for Illicit Data Transfers to China
2025-01-17 04:14

Austrian privacy non-profit None of Your Business (noyb) has filed complaints accusing companies like TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi of violating data protection regulations...

E.U. Commission Fined for Transferring User Data to Meta in Violation of Privacy Laws
2025-01-09 07:13

The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating...

Privacy of Photos.app’s Enhanced Visual Search
2025-01-06 12:06

Initial speculation about a new Apple feature.

Apple offers $95 million in Siri privacy violation settlement
2025-01-03 14:30

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded private conversations and shared them with third parties. [...]

Apple to Pay Siri Users $20 Per Device in Settlement Over Accidental Siri Privacy Violations
2025-01-03 05:43

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused the iPhone maker of invading users' privacy using its voice-activated Siri assistant. The development was...

New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
2024-12-31 11:26

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern such as China...

Italy Fines OpenAI €15 Million for ChatGPT GDPR Data Privacy Violations
2024-12-23 06:42

Italy's data protection authority has fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI a fine of €15 million ($15.66 million) over how the generative artificial intelligence application handles personal data. The fine...

How companies can address bias and privacy challenges in AI models
2024-12-16 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Emre Kazim, Co-CEO of Holistic AI, discusses the need for companies to integrate responsible AI practices into their business strategies from the start. He...

Open-source and free Android password managers that prioritize your privacy
2024-11-19 04:30

We’re often told to use strong, unique passwords, especially for important accounts like email, banking, and social media. However, managing different passwords for numerous accounts can be...