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WhatsApp refuses to weaken encryption, would rather leave UK
March 13, 2023 - WhatsApp will not comply with the UK’s Online Safety Bill when it passes legislation as is. In fact, WhatsApp would rather cease serving...
YouTube under fire for allegedly gathering children’s data
March 3, 2023 - The UK’s children’s code, introduced three years ago by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is all about ensuring that companies make...
TikTok probed over child privacy practices
February 27, 2023 - The privacy protection authorities for Canada, Québec, British Columbia, and Alberta have announced they will start an investigation into TikTok’s privacy practices,...
Up to 10 million people potentially impacted by JD Sports breach
February 1, 2023 - We’re at the start of February, and news of breaches keeps on coming. In this case, though, while the news that...
40% of online shops tricking users with “dark patterns”
January 31, 2023 - The European Commission has been looking at retail websites to see if they’re misleading consumers with “dark patterns”. Spoiler: Yes, they...
Worldwide law enforcement action takes down major DDoS booter services
December 16, 2022 - Criminals making use of booter services which execute Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to take down websites will have to try...
“Legal but harmful” clause from Online Safety Bill dropped in the name of free speech
December 1, 2022 - Progress for the Online Safety Bill, the landmark legislation that regulates online content in the UK, has been slow since its...
Fraudster site iSpoof shut down, 142 arrested internationally
November 28, 2022 - iSpoof, a website that lets fraudsters impersonate or spoof trusted companies or contacts with the intent to get sensitive information from...
Twitter may be on fire, but scams are still all systems go
November 25, 2022 - Twitter is currently the place to both be and not be. Verified accounts that aren’t actually verified (or official), and official...
TikTok privacy chief: China’s not the only country that can access your data
November 7, 2022 - Controversial social media platform TikTok is in the limelight once again after its head of privacy in Europe, Elaine Fox, revealed...
