Dan Robitzski reports: A few months ago, a company called Capella Space launched a satellite capable of taking clear radar images of anywhere in the world, with incredible resolution — even through the walls of some buildings. And unlike most of the huge array of surveillance and observational satellites orbiting the Earth, its satellite Capella 2 can snap a clear…
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Notable Privacy and Security Books 2020
Professor Daniel Solove is indefatigable when it comes to promoting privacy scholarship and sharing what he knows. Now he has compiled a list of some notable books on privacy and security from 2020. You can access his list here. “But wait… there’s more!” To see a more comprehensive list of nonfiction works about privacy and…
Data Protection Commission announces decision in Twitter inquiry
15th December 2020 The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced a conclusion to a GDPR investigation it conducted into Twitter International Company. The DPC’s investigation commenced in January, 2019 following receipt of a breach notification from Twitter and the DPC has found that Twitter infringed Article 33(1) and 33(5) of the GDPR in terms…
FTC to launch sweeping privacy study of top tech platforms
Ashley Gold reports: The Federal Trade Commission will announce Monday that it’s launching a new inquiry into the privacy and data collection practices of major tech firms including Amazon, TikTok owner ByteDance, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook as well as its subsidiary WhatsApp, Axios has learned. The big picture: The move comes amid broader scrutiny for…