The RCMP’s use of a controversial, third-party facial recognition technology was a serious violation of Canada’s privacy laws, the privacy commissioner says. Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien tabled a report to Parliament this morning after investigating the national police force’s use of software from U.S.-based Clearview AI....
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Libera circolazione in Italia e in Europa, il Garante per la privacy dice sì al «green pass»
Doppio intervento del Garante per la privacy: il primo, un parere, d il via libera alla piattaforma nazionale per il rilascio del cosidetto green pass, il certificato che permetter ai cittadini di spostarsi e partecipare a feste ed eventi sportivi in Italia e di viaggiare...
Apple overhauls Siri to address privacy concerns and improve performance
Apple will no longer send Siri requests to its servers, the company has announced, in a move to substantially speed up the voice assistant’s operation and address privacy concerns. The new feature comes two years after the Guardian revealed that Apple staff regularly heard confidential...
Bloomberg: iOS 15 to feature new notification banner UI, iPad multitasking improvements, tighter privacy controls – 9to5Mac
In a report published this morning, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg says that customers should expect stricter privacy controls, updates to iPad multitasking aimed at attracting advanced users, and new notification modes. The incoming iOS notification banner is said to be redesigned, with more of a...
The court ruling against GCHQ is just the latest battle in the fight for privacy | Megan Goulding
No matter our background or beliefs, we all want control over our personal information, our private views and our sensitive data. That control is key to our autonomy and our liberty. But in 2013 Edward Snowden pulled back the curtain on how governments had used...
WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect People’s Privacy
Messaging service WhatsApp is suing the Indian government in the Delhi High Court, challenging new rules that would force it to break its encryption, potentially revealing the identities of people who had sent and received billions of messages on its platform. Reuters first reported the...
Max Mosley, FIA president and privacy campaigner, dies aged 81 – video obituary
Max Mosley, the former Formula One president, has died at the age of 81. Mosley, who began his career in motor racing as an amateur driver, was an outspoken president of the FIA, the sport’s governing body. After 2008, when stories about his sex life appeared in...
Privacy fears after app’s ‘secret’ update
WhatsApp users have been urged to check their privacy settings after the platform’s reportedly “secret” update. WhatsApp users have been urged to check their privacy settings after the platform’s reportedly “secret” update. The Facebook-owned platform, which made headlines earlier this month after controversially updating to...
Oprah Winfrey defends Prince Harry, Meghan Markle for speaking out despite calls for privacy
Oprah Winfrey has defended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for speaking out against the royal family, despite their pleas for privacy. In an interview with the US Today show on Saturday, Oprah stood up for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, declaring “privacy doesn‘t mean...