Katitza Rodriguez of EFF writes: In the heart of New York City, a watershed moment for protecting users against unfettered government surveillance is unfolding at the sixth session of negotiations to formulate the UN Cybercrime Convention. Delegates from Member States have convened at UN Headquarters for talks this week and next that will shape the digital and…
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Joint statement on data scraping and data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office and eleven other data protection and privacy authorities from around the world have today published a joint statement calling for the protection of people’s personal data from unlawful data scraping taking place on social media sites. Data scraping is an automated way to pull large amounts of information from the web. Scraping from…
New Chrome Feature Alerts Users About Malicious Extensions
Alessandro Mascellino reports: Google has announced an update set to be introduced in Chrome 117. This new feature aims to proactively inform users when an extension they have installed is no longer available on the Chrome Web Store. The move comes as part of the tech giant’s ongoing commitment to enhance security measures within its…
Chicago Public Schools Sued by Student Over Naviance Data Use
Jorja Siemons reports: A Chicago public school student and his parent have sued the school system and several education technology companies for illegally collecting sensitive personal data using the platform Naviance. The college-readiness platform provides planning tools and counseling—and, according the purported class action filed Aug. 18—has been a vehicle by which companies can extract personal data….