Isobel Asher Hamilton reports: A former Facebook staffer and Air Force veteran is suing Meta saying he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about a protocol that let Facebook employees access deleted user data. Brennan Lawson filed his lawsuit with a California court on Tuesday. Insider has viewed the lawsuit, in which Lawson said he was…
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Apple Debuts Spyware Protection for State-Sponsored Cyberattacks
DarkReading reports: Apple today announced a new feature called Lockdown Mode that automatically locks down any system functionality that could be hijacked by even the most sophisticated, state-sponsored mercenary spyware to compromise a user device. While Apple acknowledged in its statement announcing the initiative that the number of users who might need Lockdown Mode is…
European Commission criticizes Dutch DPA’s interpretation of legitimate interest
Joke Bodewits and Chantal Dam of Hogan Lovells write: The European Commission (EC) has proactively reached out to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) to criticize its interpretation of legitimate interest under the GDPR. The criticism is in response to enforcement actions and guidance issued by the Dutch DPA in which it states that data…
TikTok Confirms Some China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data
Alex Barinka reports: TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., said certain employees outside the US can access information from American users, stoking further criticism from lawmakers who have raised alarms about the social network’s data-sharing practices. The company’s admission came in a letter to nine US senators who accused TikTok and its…