The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and other investors have filed a securities complaint alleging that the firm misled the public about its algorithm and the problems its apps can cause users, according to the company's own research.

The digital world is branching in two directions: techno-authoritarianism – as Chinese technology firms increase their presence in Europe; and a network of private US corporations deploying a business model that is also based on total surveillance. This slow…

The Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have recently conducted a joint probe in order to investigate Clearview’s facial recognition technology. Both Commissions in Australia and the UK have started…

Know about: French administrative court challenges facial recognition, Facts of the case, The role of CNIL.

The nature of central bank digital currencies may mean that privacy in transactions may be impossible to maintain.

Cooperation between regulators across different digital disciplines is still lackluster in Europe.

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RedDoorz.com left red-faced after leaving AWS access key in an APK

The Netherlands’ highest court is guilty of discrimination, according to the head of the Dutch Data Protection Authority. On Friday, the Raad van State is due to publish a report on its own conduct in upholding judgements against victims of the childcare…

Stakeholders in the digital economy sector in Lagos State has stated that experts be drafted to manage the proposed Lagos State Data Protection

The battle between the appetites of European Union Member States’ governments to retain their citizens’ data — for fuzzy, catch-all “security” purposes — and the region’s top court, the CJEU, which continues to defend fundamental rights by reiterating that…

The Information Commissioner's Office contacted 40 companies in the areas of social media, gaming, video, music streaming, including Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and...

The idea of having a virtual identity was popularized by Facebook. Seventeen years and a massive breach later it has kept us wondering how Metaverse i..

Here is the first short contribution to clarify the impact of the messaging apps on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. We refer you to our previous contribution related to the subject "communication manner" which…

From Monday onwards WhatsApp is going to provide more information about the data it collects and how exactly it uses it.

As companies and governments increasingly hoover up our personal data, a common refrain is that nothing can go wrong because the data...

Canada and the European Union are working on ways of recognizing the use of digital credentials -- including transactions conducted through digital wallets -- for business and personal use. Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne…

The draft report on the Data Protection Bill was referred to the parliamentary panel in December 2019. The report with recommendations is now likely to be placed before the Lok Sabha speaker.

"The DPC engaged in procedural blackmail. Only if we shut up, the DPC would 'grant' us our legal right to be heard. This is a regulator clearly asking..

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), an expert steering body which advises EU lawmakers on how to interpret rules wrapping citizen’s personal data, has warned the bloc’s legislators that a package of incoming digital regulations risks damaging people’s…