Independent.ie reports: The High Court has dismissed a claim the Data Protection Commission failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it five years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google. The complaint about Google’s processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a senior fellow…
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Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Threatens to be an Expansive Global Surveillance Pact
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…
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…