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- Google fired engineer for breaking internal privacy policies http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/14/google-engineer-spying-fired/ 92 comments
- Apple Hires Prominent Facebook Critic for Internal-Facing Product Privacy Role https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/09/apple-hires-facebook-critic-for-privacy-role/ 46 comments apple
- International volunteer team creating privacy-protecting mobile phone app for COVID-19 contact tracing https://deixismagazine.org/2020/04/pandemic-view-plus-privacy/ 9 comments compsci
- Privacy International files complaints against GPS tagging of migrants in the UK https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4941/privacy-international-files-complaints-against-gps-tagging-migrants-uk 18 comments privacy
- Facebook and Google surveillance is an ‘assault on privacy,’ says Amnesty International https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20974832/facebook-google-surveillance-data-assault-privacy-amnesty-international 4 comments technology
- The Federal court in Boston ruled that the government’s suspicionless searches of international travelers’ smartphones and laptops at US airports violate the Fourth Amendment. Do you think this is more of a step forward for privacy rights or more of a step back for the US safety? https://truepublic.com/statistics/the-federal-court-in-boston-ruled-that-the-governments-suspicionless-searches-of-international-travelers-smartphones-and-laptops-at-us-airports-violate-the-fourth-amendment-do-you-think-this-is-more-of-a-step-forward-for-privacy-rights-or-more-of-a-step-back-for-the-us-safety-J7GAQEJWFL 4 comments law
- Apple restores Google’s own internal iPhone apps after privacy brouhaha https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/in-addition-to-facebooks-apple-restores-googles-ios-app-certificate/ 7 comments technology
- UK Parliament seized internal documents related to Facebook’s privacy and data decisions https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/25/18111007/uk-parliament-seized-internal-facebook-documents-app-developer-six4three-cambridge-analytica 5 comments technology
- We are Privacy International - Ask Us Anything! https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/836642851291295745 86 comments privacy
- Facebook hit with international class action privacy suit http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/facebook-hit-with-international-class-action-privacy-suit/ 580 comments technology
- Facebook hit with international class action privacy suit http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/facebook-hit-with-international-class-action-privacy-suit/ 18 comments privacy
- Privacy International chiede chiarimenti al governo sull'attività di Hacking Team http://espresso.repubblica.it/attualita/2014/03/03/news/privacy-international-scrive-al-governo-e-chiede-chiarimenti-sull-attivita-di-hacking-team-1.155453 4 comments italy
- Google is "almost certain" to face prosecution for collecting data from unsecured wi-fi networks, according to Privacy International http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10278068.stm 3 comments technology
- A Delaware judge is ordering Facebook to turn over internal records regarding data privacy and access to user data https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/judge-orders-facebook-turn-over-records-data-privacy-n1012236 41 comments technology
- A Delaware judge is ordering Facebook to turn over internal records regarding data privacy and access to user data https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/judge-orders-facebook-turn-over-records-data-privacy-n1012236 9 comments law
- 'Call their bluff': Shut down social media platforms, ex-Facebook adviser urges during international grand committee on privacy held in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-grand-committee-tuesday-1.5152436 162 comments worldnews
- I’m Not an International Drug Dealer - So Why Do I Need Privacy? https://medium.com/@Melt_Dem/im-not-an-international-drug-dealer-3e8e3c75c57c 3 comments privacy
- Does your favourite app share data with Facebook? We are Privacy International and we're here to discuss the results of our latest app audit. Some apps violate your privacy by automatically sending personal data to Facebook. We've released our testing environment so you can replicate our work - AMA https://redd.it/axs60f 5 comments privacy
- Does your favourite app share data with Facebook? We are Privacy International and we're here to discuss the results of our latest app audit. Some apps violate your privacy by automatically sending personal data to Facebook. We've released our testing environment so you can replicate our work - AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/axs60f/does_your_favourite_app_share_data_with_facebook/ 106 comments technology
- Documents obtained by Privacy International show that UK intelligence agencies may analyse our Facebook and Twitter accounts https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/1532 5 comments technology
- Privacy International: Microsoft is helping Thailand's military government spy on web users http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3003315/microsoft-is-helping-thailand-s-military-government-to-spy-on-web-users-claims-privacy-international 5 comments worldnews
- New database aims to track the global surveillance industry: Privacy International releases searchable database on more than 520 surveillance companies and the powerful tools they sell to governments http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/1/12340348/surveillance-industry-index-database-privacy-international 4 comments technology
- US Attorneys General say Volkswagen has refused to turn over internal documents - The automaker is citing German privacy laws as justification for not cooperating. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/us-attorneys-general-say-volkswagen-has-refused-to-turn-over-internal-documents/ 5 comments worldnews
- Pakistani intelligence sought to tap worldwide Internet traffic via underwater cables that would have given the country a digital espionage capacity to rival the US, according to a report by Privacy International http://www.france24.com/en/20150723-pakistani-intelligence-sought-huge-data-collection-tools-reporty 6 comments worldnews
- International /r/TorDay - May 1st 2012: a day of Education and Awareness in online privacy countermeasures http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/Operation_Electronic_Leviathan 7 comments privacy
- How telcos 'collude' with the NSA and GCHQ: Google and Yahoo were quick to condemn the NSA for spying on their customers, but telecom firms remained conspicuously silent - and for good reason. Privacy International has filed a complaint against them with the OECD. http://www.dw.de/how-telcos-collude-with-the-nsa-and-gchq/a-17213850?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf 4 comments worldnews
- Leaked Documents From Facebook Indicate Engineers Have Lost Control of User Data, Can’t Keep Up With International Privacy Regulations https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-protection/leaked-documents-from-facebook-indicate-engineers-have-lost-control-of-user-data-cant-keep-up-with-international-privacy-regulations/ 106 comments privacy
- Meet the Woman Who Leads NightWatch, Google’s Internal Privacy Strike Force https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-woman-who-leads-nightwatch-google-s-internal-1825227132 5 comments privacy
- Porn censorship laws and age checks breach human rights and threaten privacy, says UN official: 'said that amendments to the UK’s Digital Economy Bill could violate international law on freedom of speech.' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/porn-censorship-age-checks-human-rights-threat-to-personal-privacy-un-official-david-kaye-claire-a7526326.html 497 comments worldnews
- A fantastic peek into Microsoft's internal privacy and data protection practices, from a Microsoft employee http://www.windowscentral.com/you-can-disable-cortana-windows-10#comment-2517725 10 comments microsoft
- FBI quietly changes its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans | Classified revisions accepted by secret Fisa court affect NSA data involving Americans’ international emails, texts and phone calls http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/fbi-changes-privacy-rules-accessing-nsa-prism-data 3 comments politics
- Privacy International and 50+ other orgs challenge Google on Android's pre-installed bloatware https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3320/open-letter-google 25 comments privacy
- Microsoft’s Brad Smith talks privacy, Snowden and international law - 'People have important privacy rights in their personal information,' says Smith http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/microsoft-s-brad-smith-talks-privacy-snowden-and-international-law-1.2816460 3 comments privacy
- Phil Zimmermann, EFF, Bruce Schneier, Richard Stallman, Privacy International & Startpage.com among signatories on new letter to GCHQ on its "Ghost Proposal" for "silently adding a law enforcement participant to a group chat or call” https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bvb7ff/phil_zimmermann_eff_bruce_schneier_richard/ 7 comments privacy
- As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants | Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html?action=click&module=top%20stories&pgtype=homepage 4 comments technology
- As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants. Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html 8 comments privacy
- Human rights groups call for inquiry into why GCHQ spied on Amnesty: Letter to Guardian from Amnesty, Liberty and Privacy International follows revelation from Investigatory Powers Tribunal about UK monitoring agency http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/10/human-rights-groups-call-inquiry-why-gchq-spied-amnesty 4 comments worldnews
- Judge ordered Ripple to hand over Slack messages! Shows the importance of PGP privacy. Using centralised messaging is a disaster waiting to happen. Ripple aren’t plotting the next 9/11, SEC having access to their internal comms is typical regulatory overreach. https://financefeeds.com/sec-v-ripple-court-orders-ripple-hand-slack-messages/ 25 comments cryptocurrency
- The National Security Agency violated privacy rules protecting the communications of Americans and others on domestic soil 2,776 times over a one-year period, according to an internal audit leaked by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/us/nsa-often-broke-rules-on-privacy-audit-shows.html?hp&gwh=c358532453cbc46da513934a3fb0c700&_r=0 10 comments worldnews
- "The U.S. has gone from a model of human rights to an eavesdropper on personal privacy, the manipulator of the centralized power over the international internet, and the mad invader of other countries' networks." http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/25/snowden-russia-china/2454757/ 52 comments politics