DutchNews.nl reports: A third Dutch foundation has launched a legal case against Chinese social media group TikTok, saying the company illegally harvests data from its 4.5 million Dutch users. Stichting Massaschade & Consument is claiming €6bn from the popular app maker, arguing that the company should respect European privacy laws. ‘The free app profits from…
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Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting
Kurt Wagner reports: Twitter Inc. is planning to test new privacy-related features aimed at giving users greater control over their follower lists and who can see their posts and likes, an effort to make people more comfortable interacting and sharing on the social network. The tools are related to what Twitter executives call “social privacy,” or…
ProtonMail Logs Activist’s IP Address With Authorities After Swiss Court Order
There was a mini-uproar on Twitter yesterday about a Swiss business complying with Swiss law. In this case, the business in Protonmail and the uproar was because users expected them not to have the type of data that they turned over to law enforcement under a court order. Ravi Lakshmaman provides the context on The…
GoDaddy boots Texas abortion “whistleblower” site for violating privacy rule
Jon Brodkin reports: The Texas Right to Life group will have to find a new hosting provider for its website that encourages people to report violations of the state’s restrictive new anti-abortion law. GoDaddy took action after Gizmodo reported that Texas Right to Life’s new website, prolifewhistleblower.com, seems to violate a GoDaddy rule that says website operators may not…