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Home Office strengthens UK regulator with plans to amend child protection legislation
Purported leak of personal information of more than 1bn people offered for sale for $200,000
Popular ByteDance-owned app seeks to allay lawmakers’ concerns about China’s access to sensitive information
At the moment, we have the worst of both worlds: researchers struggle to access data yet leaks are almost inevitable
Biometric technology is valuable for medical research but can also have malign uses
Independent review found an ‘urgent need’ for new legislation on biometric technologies
Consumer group Which? sounds alarm as people are targeted by increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts
What we have are innumerable different collections of information, each of them specific to a particular application
Preserving digital privacy is a triangular game between users, tech companies and legislators
Public debate has been riddled with confusing claims, technical incompetence and vested interests
Rerouting traffic to Russia-controlled regions makes Ukrainians’ data vulnerable to interception and censorship by the Kremlin
The technology of vaccine verification is assisting our return to normal life but at what cost?
While there are details to come about combining security and competition in the Digital Markets Act, it is not mission impossible
New systems let businesses record every touchpoint with consumers — but must add extra security
Small businesses have become accountable for storing personal information — and liable to fines
Hospitality businesses are the third most targeted for cyber attacks as they gather more customer data
Not all big tech groups are ready for new privacy regulations
Rising threat means more companies are turning to unique-password creators such as LastPass
UK government says plans will benefit the British economy but critics argue they will make business harder
Brussels unveils push to protect industrial information from foreign government surveillance
Move comes after Apple introduced user privacy measures that shook $400bn digital ads industry
Lawsuit seeks billions in damages for claims that social media platform harvested reams of data without consent
Constitutional court ruling allows Renate Künast to consider legal proceedings against authors of posts
Healthtech Eva enables remote test analysis and broadens access to healthcare by users outside large urban centres
Health tech has leapt ahead during the Covid era, but communities around the world are not benefiting equally
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