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GDPR complaints filed against TikTok, Temu for sending user data to China

Category: IT|Jan 17, 2025 | Author: Admin

Non-profit privacy advocacy group "None of Your Business" (noyb) has filed six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi, for unlawfully transferring European user's data to China and infringing European Union's general data protection regulation (GDPR). [more]

Proton Mail still down as Proton recovers from worldwide outage

Category: IT|Jan 9, 2025 | Author: Admin

Privacy firm Proton suffered a massive worldwide outage today, taking down most services, with Proton Mail and Calendar users still unable to connect to their accounts. [more]

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EC to grill Meta on Facebook ‘subscription for no ads’ plan

Category: IT|Mar 3, 2024 | Author: Admin

The European Commission's latest request for information comes three months after an earlier official inquiry under the Digital Services Act. [more]

The EU has decided to change "everything"

Category: IT|Sep 7, 2023 | Author: Admin

22 services belonging to a number of large companies have been designated "gatekeepers" by the EU. This means that they must meet a number of new requirements in the EU area based on the new "Digital Markets Act" (DMA) legislation. [more]

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This is important, but the big news is not ready yet

Category: Google|Jul 28, 2023 | Author: Admin

Finally, Android 6.0 and newer have notification support if an unknown tracking chip is following the user. We announced the functionality in March 2022. [more]

Google killer, killed: Neeva and the limits of privacy as a philosophy

Category: Google|Jun 4, 2023 | Author: Admin

A search startup that revolved around providing an ad-free, privacy-centric alternative to Google is calling it quits — and it's well worth our while to contemplate why. [more]