Earlier this week, protesters received German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere as he visited the Sudkreuz train station in Berlin, which is one of the primary sites for the country’s proposed implementation of facial recognition technology where thousands of passengers pass daily. It was reported that...
Last week, a geopolitics-focused publication reported that data in India’s Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric ID system, may have been compromised by UIDAI’s tech provider, Cross Match Technologies. WikiLeaks is alleging that the CIA is using technology developed by the provider called ExpressLane, which was reported...
The Irish government has received pressure from academic lawyers and a civil liberties group on the matter of its public services card. The groups are calling for a public debate, challenging the policy that makes it mandatory for citizens to have an identity card before...
The Chinese government is requiring internet platforms such as social media and discussion forums to verify the identities for their users to before allowing them to post content. The new regulations published by the Cyberspace Administration of China also demand that said platforms perform increased oversight...
In light of the landmark decision of India’s Supreme Court on privacy, Indian online publication The Economic Times has published an article listing the the most popular messaging apps and email providers that provide the privacy and security measures for its users. The list includes end-to-end...
Around a week ago, weather forecasting service AccuWeather was criticized for sharing geolocation data with its partner ad firm, Reveal Mobile. In response, the company issued an apology and updated their app to remove the data collection feature in question. However, Will Strafach, the security researcher...
The Legal Action Center (LAC) and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (ALPP) has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Aetna, stating that the mailing practices of the healthcare company breached the privacy of HIV patients. The legal group is citing the mail that Aetna sends...
A cybersecurity analyst recently revealed that the private information of Japanese citizens are being sold in bulk on the darknet. Hiroki Iwai of Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting says that personal information such as names, credit card information, driver’s licenses, online payment accounts, and even medical data, that...
Fake emails claiming to be from Singapore Airlines have recently been spotted to be in circulation. Singapore Airlines have confirmed that recently there had been a number of scammers pretending to be representatives of the company who are contacting their customers. The scammers are even...
New Delhi, India - GSTN said last Thursday that taxpayers' GST information will not pose a privacy risk since the data isn’t shared and cannot be seen by anybody, including the GSTN and its Board. GSTN Chairman Navin Kumar also assured that the GSTN uses an...