Yesterday, I posted a news item from AP without comment, but mentally I was yelling, “No, no, no. HELL no!” Since then, EFF has articiulated the issue much better than my mental screaming. India McKinney and Erica Portnoy write: Apple has announced impending changes to its operating systems that include new “protections for children” features…
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Italian Garante Fines Deliveroo 2.5M Euros for Unlawful Processing of Personal Data
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 2, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, “Garante”) announced that it had levied a €2,500,000 fine on Deliveroo Italy s.r.l. for the unlawful processing of personal data of approximately 8,000 Deliveroo riders, and various infringements of the EU Genera Data Protection Regulation…
Waikato DHB wins injunction to stop Radio NZ using hacked data
Stuff reports: Waikato District Health Board has succeeded in court action to stop Radio New Zealand using data taken in a cyber-attack. In a decision released on Wednesday, the health board has won an interim injunction through the High Court restraining Radio NZ from accessing stolen data without consent and to permanently delete that data…
The privacy battle Apple isn’t fighting
Gilad Edelman / Wired reports: For at least a decade, privacy advocates dreamed of a universal, legally enforceable “do not track” setting. Now, at least in the most populous state in the US, that dream has become a reality. So why isn’t Apple—a company that increasingly uses privacy as a selling point—helping its customers take advantage of…