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    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Marietje Schaake
      National security is teaching the US to love tech controls

      America once shied away from ‘the r-word’ but tech now faces a regulation revolution

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsTech Exchange
      Dina Srinivasan: exposing the monopoly power of Facebook and Google

      Yale academic was among the first to show that tech groups’ ‘free’ products could be anti-competitive

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Elaine Moore
      Surveillance tech only adds to a culture of fear

      There is scant evidence that it deters crime and it raises troubling privacy concerns

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok introduces European data measures amid security concerns

      Chinese-owned social media app is facing pressure from governments worldwide

    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Humanity is sleepwalking into a neurotech disaster

      Who has access to our brain data, and what they’re doing with it, should concern us all

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      News in-depthMeta Platforms
      Meta’s AI-driven advertising system splits marketers

      Social network claims successes with tool to counteract Apple’s privacy changes that resulted in billions in lost revenue

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Timo Harakka
      Corporate ‘privacy’ concerns must not derail Europe’s Data Act

      This legislation could hold the key to restoring digital trust and a fair information economy

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK surveillance legislation
      Tribunal finds ‘serious failings’ by UK security agency over privacy safeguards

      Judges rule shortcomings ‘ought to have been addressed urgently’ by MI5’s board and Home Office

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Privacy has been extinguished. It is now a zombie’

      The professor who predicted that computers would change our lives demands a right to sanctuary from data ‘theft’

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Royal Mail PLC
      Royal Mail hit by ransomware attack by prolific hacker gang

      Document claims LockBit has stolen data from UK postal service, halting parcel exports

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined almost €400mn over EU privacy rule violations

      Decision could also force changes to how Facebook and Instagram owner leverages user data for adverts

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Robert Eiss
      We must dismantle the barriers that GDPR creates for global science

      There’s a chance to free medical innovation from the unintended consequences of the regulation

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta agrees to pay $725mn to settle Cambridge Analytica case

      Proposed figure would be largest settlement achieved in a US data privacy class action and biggest paid by Facebook parent

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok faces growing Republican backlash over security concerns

      ByteDance-owned social platform hit with lawsuit and state bans on government devices

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Julia Apostle
      French Pornhub case shows how hard it is to regulate the internet

      The challenge over privacy demonstrates that implementing new safety laws is not always straightforward

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined €265mn by Irish watchdog over privacy concerns

      Facebook parent has received almost €1bn in levies from European regulators over data protection

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Money laundering
      Access to EU public registers ends: ‘We are going back to era of corporate secrecy’

      Campaigners say invalidation of member states’ databases will hinder efforts to tackle abuse of ownership rules

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      National Health Service
      NHS breaks up £400mn data contract in response to privacy concerns

      US analytics giant Palantir remains most prominent bidder for £360mn data platform

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Small businesses that tapped UK Covid loans face having names made public

      Anti-corruption campaigners seek release of bank data by judge but run into privacy concerns

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Interview
      India releases more tech friendly data protection bill after backlash

      IT minister says ‘balanced’ legislation is designed to accelerate economic growth

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Democratic senators tell US regulator Musk has ‘undermined’ Twitter

      Letter to Federal Trade Commission claims platform’s billionaire owner has shown ‘disregard’ for user safety

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Google LLC
      Google to pay $391mn in its biggest privacy settlement

      US states claimed location data continued to be collected even after users chose to stop having their whereabouts recorded

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Imposter tweets prompt pause of Twitter Blue rollout

      Elon Musk says service ‘needs some tweaks’ as chaotic takeover of the social media platform continues

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      Special Report
      Navigating Cyber Risk

      The war in Ukraine and new developments in artificial intelligence highlight advances in cyber defence. Plus: how organisations should prepare and respond to breaches; and, is cyber insurance worth the money?

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      Special ReportNavigating Cyber Risk
      Why a clear cyber policy is critical for companies

      Leaders need to be alive to growing threats and tighter regulations

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