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Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status and other info with ad companies
Grindr is facing a class action-style lawsuit after allegedly sharing sensitive user data such as HIV statuses with advertising companies.
Biden signs bill to reauthorize FISA warrantless surveillance program for two more years
President Biden this weekend signed into law a bill that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial spying program. It'll now be good for another two years.
EU criticizes Meta's 'privacy for cash' business model
The European Data Protection Board states Meta and other big players should forego "consent or pay" models.
Creepy monitoring service sells searchable Discord user data for as little as $5
A data scraper is selling information on what it claims to be 600 million Discord users. A report from 404 Media details Spy Pet, an online service that gathers, stores and sells troves of information from the social platform.
Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts
Roku has disclosed a second data breach in as many months. The company says that, this time around, 576,000 accounts were compromised.
DuckDuckGo unveils a $10 Privacy Pro plan with a no-log VPN
DuckDuckGo has announced a Privacy Pro service that includes a VPN, personal information removal and identity theft restoration service. The offering is US-only for now and costs $10 per month.
Authorities reportedly ordered Google to reveal the identities of some YouTube videos' viewers
Federal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to unsealed court documents viewed by Forbes.
House passes bill that would bar data brokers from selling Americans' personal information to 'adversary' countries
The House of Representatives approved a measure targeting data brokers’ ability to sell Americans’ personal data to “adversary” countries.
Safe Browsing on Google Chrome adds real-time protection against malicious sites
Google says it has updated Chrome to offer better protection against malicious websites. With the Safe Browsing mode enabled, Chrome will check URLs in real-time without disclosing which sites you visit to Google's servers.
Biden executive order aims to stop Russia and China from buying Americans' personal data
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China.
Signal usernames will keep your phone number private
You'll soon be able to create a unique username on Signal, which you can share with others via a link or QR code, instead of your phone number.
The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok
TikTok is in the EU's crosshairs over potential Digital Services Act violations around the safety of minors and other matters.
Mozilla Monitor scrubs your leaked personal information from the web, for a fee
Mozilla is rolling out a paid tool that can automatically remove your personal information that has been exposed on more than 190 data broker sites.
NSA admits to buying Americans’ web browsing data from brokers without warrants
The National Security Agency's director has confirmed that the agency purchases Americans' internet browsing data from commercial brokers without first obtaining warrants.
Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims
An unredacted Meta internal presentation has revealed that the company's own employees recommended that 100,000 child users were harassed daily.
China says it can bypass AirDrop privacy measures to identify message senders
A Chinese state-backed institute has reportedly found a way to identify people who send files and messages via AirDrop. Police are said to have used the method to identify several people suspected of sharing 'undesirable content.'
Meta will hide topics like self-harm and eating disorders from teens
As part of a new privacy update, Meta will hide content related to self-harm, eating disorders and other topics from teens on Instagram and Facebook.
Xfinity breach may have affected as many as 35.8 million customers
Xfinity says it suffered a data breach in October with attackers likely obtaining usernames, hashed passwords and potentially other sensitive information.
Apple now needs a judge's order to hand over push notification records
Law enforcement will now need a judge's consent in order to obtain push notification data from Apple.
Sunbird shuts down its iMessage app for Android after major privacy concerns
The Sunbird app for Android, which allows interoperability between messaging platforms like iOS, has shut down for the time being after major privacy concerns came to light. This comes after Nothing’s chat platform, which was based on Sunbird, also shut down.
