Following a legal challenge from privacy campaigners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) admitted that the Government broke the law and launched the NHS “Test and Trace” programme without full assessment of the privacy implications.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield (the legal mechanism used to transfer data between the EU and the US) was invalid.
Worried about TikTok’s Chinese ownership, Wells Fargo is telling employees to remove the app from their work phones, even as the US government considers banning TikTok altogether.
On Tuesday 14 July, the UK's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, announced a ban on Huawei, preventing UK telecommunications networks from purchasing Huawei's 5G kit as of Thursday 31 December. Telecoms companies have until 2027 to remove such equipment from their mobile networks.
With a UK-wide, state-led contact tracing system yet to be implemented, companies are launching their own internal systems that will aim to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amongst employees.
Google’s plans to acquire fitness tracker company Fitbit have come under the scrutiny of regulators.
Google has enabled a default, auto-delete feature for user data. The announcement came only two days after Apple announced that its next software update would require apps to obtain user permission before tracking their data.
In a public letter to Congress on 8 June 2020, US tech company IBM announced it would no longer endorse the usage of facial recognition technology in law enforcement.
Facebook has introduced a new feature that will allow users to archive or delete posts in bulk, allowing you to “curate your presence on Facebook to more accurately reflect who you are today”.
Thomas Le Bonniec, a 25-year-old former Apple contractor has identified himself as the source of anonymous leaks about Apple’s dubious voice recording practices. He announced his decision by writing an open letter to EU regulators, calling on them to take action.