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Court rules webcam monitoring of remote employee was an invasion of privacy
A Dutch court has ruled that the decision to fire a remote employee because he refused to keep his webcam on during…
TikTok faces $28m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy
TikTok is no stranger to controversy where data usage is concerned. Back in 2021, the social media dance extravaganza platform agreed to pay…
The privacy concerns of tying SIM cards to real identities
The registration of SIM cards tied to a verified identity is back in the news, off the back of large-scale phone…
“Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash
A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of…
TikTok owner ByteDance pushed a pro-China agenda to Americans, say former employees
Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now…
5 pro-freedom technologies that could change the Internet
In the digital era, freedom is inextricably linked to privacy. After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living…
Brave Search wants to replace Google’s biased search results with yours
Brave Search, Brave Software’s privacy search engine, just turned one. To celebrate, the company says it is moving the search engine…
Firefox stops advertisers tracking you as you browse, calls itself the most “private and secure major browser”
Cookies are in the news as Mozilla rolls out significant privacy changesfor Firefox. The idea is to dramatically lessen the risk…
Coffee app in hot water for constant tracking of user location
A mobile app violated Canada’s privacy lawsvia some pretty significant overreach with its tracking of device owners. The violation will apparently…