Video security and privacy news
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Is the right to privacy in jeopardy?
Roe vs. Wade outcome puts privacy rights into question, DVLA breaches data protection and New York plans to put hidden surveillance cameras on subways.
Data is the name of the game
The UK Met Police is collecting children's personal data from social media, Meta updates their policies, and autonomous vehicles make new strides.
Cracking down on surveillance
Reproductive rights are put on the line in the name of privacy, the UK begins the motions for a new Data Reform Bill, and Google steps up its data transparency.
Does privacy and safety go hand in hand?
Catalonia accuses Spain of spying, Argentine security agencies discover unlawful access to 7m biometric records, and ML for biology to be used in retail.
How many times is your face captured each day?
Wyze lets slide major security complications in their home camera, Apple & Meta fall victim to fake EDRs, and footballers use AI to avoid online abuse.
How would Banksy depict your CCTV surveillance practices?
Samsung, Ubisoft and Nvidia suffer major breaches, Facebook faces €17m data privacy fine and all East Yorkshire taxis to install CCTV cameras.
Politics and Privacy!
Privacy fears in the UK over digital number plates, Conti ransomware gang gets hacked, and NHS Scotland COVID app doesn’t pass regulation.
Privacy: public action is starting to fill policy gaps
Facebook settles decade-old privacy lawsuit with $90m, IRS abandons plans to use Facial recognition to verify taxpayers, and UK Foreign Office suffers huge cyber security incident.
We are recruiting!
Pimloc raises $7.5M in seed round - meanwhile, Edinburgh seeks to create a new CCTV control centre for centralised security, Yahoo Japan ducks out of Europe due to the cost of complying with regulations, and Asda trials digital age verification at self checkouts.
Let's play pass the data parcel
Lisbon shares citizens’ data with foreign embassies, Ukraine suffers huge data hacks just as diplomatic talks with Russia are falling apart, and the US looks to install a new Federal Privacy Bill to curb the use of personal data in online advertising.
All I want for Christmas is... privacy
Twitter bans people sharing images and videos without individuals’ consent, the Information Commissioner’s Office hands out a potential fine of £17m to Clearview AI, and camera is the size of a grain of salt.
Organisations' approaches to managing user privacy are being increasingly scrutinised by regulators, users and the public at large
EU calls for a ban of tracking adverts, LAPD told to stop using fake accounts for surveillance, and the ICO is cracking down on tech groups - including Apple and Google - to make sure that they have proper measures in place to adhere to the UK Age Appropriate Design Code.