Security News

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns
2025-01-31 11:04

Italy's data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek's service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users' personal data. The...

Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues
2025-01-30 12:08

Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report The Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concerns about a number of security issues it found in all three of...

WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
2025-01-30 10:15

Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their...

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy
2025-01-27 11:45

Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more Infosec in brief Using a custom-built tool, a 15-year-old hacker exploited...

How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking
2025-01-27 04:00

The App Privacy Report, which Apple introduced in iOS 15.2, allows users to monitor how apps access data and interact with third-party services. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the...

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. [...]