Social media sites are inundated with police requests for user data and may cooperate even if not legally required to, one legal expert told Insider.

On March 1, the German Parliament held a hearing in the Digital Committee on the EU Commission's draft law to fight child sexual abuse online, also named 'chat control'. IT experts, civil libertarians, law enforcement officials and even child protectors agree: the EU's proposal does not protect children, but poses major risks to fundamental rights.

A firm that has made wireless scanning devices for law enforcement has announced a version for consumers that can immediately detect AirTags, long before Apple's anti-stalking features start sounding off.

In yet another case of a stalker using Apple's AirTags — and of the AirTags alerting the victim — police near Memphis have arrested a woman's ex-husband. Carlos Atkins is not the first man to be charged with what the Fox News local affiliate station reports is defined as "electronic tracking of a motor vehicle." Depending on the outcome of police proceedings, he won't the first stalker to be jailed because of AirTags, either.

The feds say cybercriminals are buying online ads to impersonate brands with the aim of stealing or extorting money from victims.

Scan and Secure is a security measure that Tile implemented in order to allow iPhone and Android users to scan for and detect nearby Tile devices to keep them from being used for stalking purposes. Unfortunately, Scan and Secure undermines the anti-theft capabilities of the Tile because a stolen device's Tile can be located and removed, something also possible with similar security features added for AirTags.

In an age where camera phones are ubiquitous and the lure of internet popularity is a chronic condition, everything — and everyone — is content.

A Duke University report found 11 data brokers agreed to sell information that identified people by issues, including depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder and often sorted them by demographic information.

When a shopper shares their email address at the cash register — to receive an electronic receipt, rather than a paper one — do they really know where their details are being sent? A CBC News review of Facebook user data suggests a variety of well-known retailers in Canada have been sharing customer information with the social media platform's parent company to gain marketing research in return. And it's not clear what steps have been taken to warn shoppers.

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It's 10 pm. Do you know where your data is? Chad Engelgau does. He's the CEO of Acxiom, a data broker. Your info is probably on one of his servers.

The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. Through their startup Inrupt, Berners-Lee and CEO John Bruce have created the “Solid Pod” — or Personal Online Data Store.

European Union regulators have hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity

Irish regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for online privacy violations and banned the company from forcing European users to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity. Ireland's Data Protection Commission imposed two fines totaling 390 million euros ($414 million) in its decision in two cases that could shake up Meta's business model targeting users with ads based on what they do online.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital tool.

A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed.

German security researchers studying biometric capture devices popular with the U.S. military got more than they expected for $68 on eBay.

Businesses in highly regulated sectors and those that operate in multiple countries are faced with a growing number of data privacy regulations.

DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are now blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and a privacy risk for its users.