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Europol told to delete personal data not linked to any crime
European Data Protection Supervisor, the EU personal data watchdog, said the police agency has continually stored "large volumes" of data regardless of whether it was related to a crime or not.
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Clearview has amassed a database of billions of people's photos, but France says the data has been collected without citizens' consent.
Microsoft software breach makes millions of users’ data vulnerable
Some 38 million pieces of personal data and information were badly kept due to a configuration defect in a software.
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Online privacy protection NGO Noyb is bringing websites that don’t respect personal data to book over alleged rule breaches.
Dutch data protection authority fines TikTok over privacy
The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority has fined TikTok €750,000 for not offering an understandable privacy statement for users in Dutch.
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Big tech companies exposed to EU privacy cases after court decision
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Irish watchdog probes Instagram over protection of children's data
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is investigating Instagram over safeguards for children's personal information.
Spies to not access phone data except for serious threats - EU court
The European Court of Justice has issued its long-awaited ruling on whether data collection and retention by national governments aligns with EU law.
TikTok subject of Dutch data protection probe
The watchdog say they will “examine whether TikTok adequately protects the privacy of Dutch children”.
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Grindr, OKCupid and Tinder dating apps 'leak personnal data'
There are "serious privacy infringements", according to a consumer association.
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There is much talk about the importance of free movement of people and goods between Brexit Britain and the EU. More important than either of these, however, is the free movement of data.
‘An open door’: Millions of health records ‘unprotected online’
Investigative journalists have found poor security has left the medical records of millions of patients worldwide totally out in the open.
Facebook to pay record $5 billion US fine over privacy violations
Social media giant Facebook has been slammed with a record fine of more than €4 billion over privacy violations, but will this be enough to change how Facebook handles users' privacy data?
FEMA put 2.3M disaster survivors at risk of identity theft, watchdog says
Survivors of the 2017 California wildfires, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria were among the millions whose privacy was violated, the inspector general's report says.
Euroviews. It's time for Congress to protect Facebook users, since Facebook won't
The company's inability or unwillingness to change its ways makes America, and Americans, less secure.