Labour suffers a data breach, neuro-technological advancements lead to a need for neuro rights, and Facebook has been busy: changing their name, shutting down their facial recognition programme and deleting more than 1bn users’ FR data.

Big tech teams up in the war on Privacy, schools pause usage of facial recognition and smart doorbells are being more thoroughly regulated in the UK.

Facebook's various privacy suits are crumbling, footballers demand compensation for "stolen" performance data and BrewDog's big data breach.

Privacy is reshaping the Internet and online advertising, Facial recognition is saving koalas, the HIPAA data breach rule is back in action for US apps, and Saudi Arabia’s new data protection law.

Facebook have released smart glasses proving concern for privacy with possible unknowing recordings taking place, CCTV is being considering as an anti-bullying measure in school toilets, and the LAPD has provided transparency over their data collecting practices and how the collect social media information from detained citizens.

Afghans are racing to delete their digital history for fear of biometric tracking, China has passed a new data protection law, and Facebook is to add E2E encryption to voice and video calls.

Zoom’s latest lawsuit exposes the grey area between data legislation and room for interpretation of the law, Apple’s new tool to combat online child sex abuse is met with surveillance concerns, and ransomware attacks strike again - on schools and colleges in the Isle of Wight.

Hackers are getting smarter, data breaches are getting more expensive and data security is proving to be an effective and important investment for all sectors: especially retail and healthcare. It seems Privacy and Security are more in each other’s pockets than ever - and more and more are realising its cost and reputational benefits.

Data privacy for consumers, employees and companies is becoming an increasing priority. From a huge data breach at Glovo, AI’s role in surveillance, to new privacy laws in Hong Kong that could change how Big tech participates there - privacy has never been so scrutinised, and so valued.

When is it considered acceptable to compromise privacy for the sake of security, or even vice versa? The latest on facial recognition in the EU tries to put this into perspective; meanwhile, Facebook are using AI to try and reverse-engineer deepfakes to prevent online threats, harms and misinformation that they can cause.

From the unawareness of NHS Digital’s campaign to create a unified central medical database, and the EU’s investigation into the privacy measures taken by Amazon and Microsoft cloud services; to schools and pubs suffering with complying correctly with data regulations: this week, we focus on all things protection with regards to personal data.

The latest in Apple vs. Epic as the struggle for third party power within iOS continues, the ironic lack of security via the Citizen crime app - which has exposed data, created a false accusation and is “secretly” testing new on-demand private security features; and farmers to use body cameras to fight off rural crime.