Privacy nightmare? Police ask residents in US city to link their smart doorbells to surveillance hub to reduce local crime
US judge rejects government appeal to reverse earlier decision allowing Chinese app WeChat to remain available in US app stores
Additional concessions by Google over £1.6bn Fitbit acquisition likely to win over EU competition regulators, as proposed deal nears one-year…
After pushback from Facebook and advertising associations, Apple delays implementation of new privacy controls on advertisers tracking ability
German regulator slams decision to require virtual reality headset users to have FB account, so Facebook halts sales in Germany
Milestone ruling. The UK Court of Appeal rules use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) tech by South Wales Police is…
Current laws give security services 'excessive' access to citizens' data, finds top court, giving government until end of 2021 to…
Apple MacBook users are being warned of possible damage to their displays if they close their notebook with a camera…
Twenty advocacy groups from around the world warn that Google's acquisition of Fitbit risks damaging privacy and competition
Privacy win? Google will automatically delete user's website searches and visits, as well as some location data, after 18 months
French court upholds earlier £45m penalty on Google for failing to obtain Android users' consent to use their personal data…
Software giant follows IBM and Amazon with police facial recognition ban until there is national regulation of the technology
Strategic move? Google, Facebook, Microsoft pledge to improve and standardise annual disclosures around online child exploitation
E-commerce giant Amazon joins other tech firms with announcement it will pause police use of its facial recognition software
Big Blue cancels its facial recognition programs and calls for reform and new ways to work with law enforcement, "to…
Singapore to distribute contact tracing device to all residents beginning later this month following low takeup of TraceTogether smartphone app
American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against facial recognition firm alleging “privacy-destroying surveillance activities”
French minister defends centralised approach of its Covid-19 contact-tracing app, citing the French and UK's nuclear deterrent
Three months after Firefox turned on privacy feature called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), Google's Chrome browser gets same feature, but only if…
Both firms say 22 countries and a number of US states have requested to use the contact-tracing API for their…
Fresh twist in privacy debate surrounding Covid-19 tracing app, after government reportedly grants GCHQ access to security data of NHS…
Chinese firm banned by the United States over allegations it aided the Chinese government, supplies thermal cameras to Amazon for…
The NHS confirms its coronavirus tracing app will be ready in two to three weeks, but concerns remain over its…
NHSX 'prioritising' privacy in development of coronavirus contact-tracing scheme, whose decentralised approach contrasts to that of France and Germany
France asks Google and Apple for their ‘private’ Coronavirus tracing API to be a little less private, with the easing…
European Commission publishes detailed guidance for EU member states developing their own Coronavirus tracking and warning apps
Google releases second tranche of location data that reveals there was a rise in people visiting parks during the warm…
Federal Appeals Court has approved proposed class action by Facebook users over alleged tracking of their internet activity, even after…
European Union warns against fragmented approach for digital technologies and mobile apps, used to help track the Coronavirus pandemic
Boston University proposal would involve tracking randomly generated IDs via short-range broadcasts as means to contain coronavirus infections