Privacy News & Issues
Shawn Musgrave reports: For years, cybersecurity researchers at Citizen Lab have monitored Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and its banner product, Pegasus. In 2019, Citizen Lab reported finding dozens of cases in which Pegasus was used to target the phones of journalists and human rights defenders via a WhatsApp security vulnerability. Now NSO, which is…
From the UK Information Commissioner’s Office: Information Commissioner John Edwards has condemned data protection standards at health services for people living with HIV and called for urgent improvements. The statement follows several data breaches, as well as concerns raised by some of the largest HIV organisations in the country. Information Commissioner John Edwards said: “People…
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers — including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent. The fines mark the culmination of a more than four-year investigation into the actions of the major carriers. In February 2020, the FCC put…
Update of May 2, 2024 After looking at the university’s denial of my access request which they based on an exemption for “research information,” I decided that failing to disclose information about matters of significant public concern by calling it “research information” was not within the spirit of a public policy of accountability and transparency. …