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…
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Hungarian authority fines data controller EUR 7,500 data breach and rules free online services not suitable for high-risk processing
Dóra Petrányi, Katalin Horváth, Márton Domokos, and Daniella Huszár of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP write: In the latest decision of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH), a data controller for a political party, responsible for a data breach where six Excel files were made publicly available through a…
Google says it will delete users’ location history at abortion clinics, other ‘personal’ data
Olivia Olander reports: Google will delete location data after people visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other sensitive locations, the tech giant announced in a blog post Friday. The update “will take effect in the coming weeks,” Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, wrote in a blog post. […] Google will also delete…
Sabre and Travelport help the government spy on air travelers
Edward Hasbrouck writes: Ongoing litigation on behalf of journalist Thomas Brewster and Forbes Media has revealed a few more details about how computerized reservation systems (CRSs) collaborate with the US government to surveil travelers. It has also prompted new denials by some of those CRS companies that range from misdirection to out-and-out lies. In 2020, Forbes published a report by Mr. Brewster based on a…