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At issue is the fact that Clearview uses photos from social media and other publicly available sources, without consent, in violation of what some say are basic privacy rights. ACLU has taken Clearview AI to court over privacy issues.
The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday presented a draft law that would impose major fines on companies that violate privacy law by misusing the personal data of their customers. Trudeau said the new law would stipulate the highest fines imposed among Group of Seven nations for privacy violations.
Jason Keats, a key member of the now-defunct Essential company has returned, and privacy is his goal. Imagine how I felt when it was reported that the team behind the Essential PH-1 was getting back together.
Now Apple has stressed that this app security check does not send anyone's Apple IDs nor device identifiers over the 'net, though it did log people's public IP addresses. "To further protect privacy, we have stopped logging IP addresses associated with Developer ID certificate checks, and we will ensure that any collected IP addresses are removed from logs," Apple said.
The Register has read it and can report that while it reveals that Coil seeks permission to share users' details with service providers, partners, and "Related entities". We cannot find a clause that resembles: "We reserve the right to expose your email address to countless other Coil users in the 'To:' field of an email."
An Austrian online privacy NGO said on Monday it was lodging complaints against Apple in two countries over the use of a code on its phones that allows tracking of user behavior. The NOYB group said it was filing complaints with data protection authorities in Germany and Spain over Apple's use of a so-called IDFA which NOYB says are used on phones "Without user's knowledge or consent".
European privacy activists have filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users. NOYB says the iOS operating system creates unique codes for each iPhone that allow Apple and other third parties to "Identify users across applications and even connect online and mobile behaviour."
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Apple allows data disclosure to be optional if all of the following conditions apply: if it's not used for tracking, advertising or marketing; if it's not shared with a data broker; if collection is infrequent, unrelated to the app's primary function, and optional; and if the user chooses to provide the data in conjunction with clear disclosure, the user's name or account name is prominently displayed with the submission. Developers must disclose the use of contact information, health and financial data, location data, user content, browsing history, search history, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics, and more.