Study finds more than half of Fortune 500 groups cited new technology as a potential hazard in their latest annual reports
Campaign on YouTube to boost Instagram’s appeal to young people skirted search group’s rules for marketing to under-18s
Improvements to data infrastructure are needed if AI is to help fix the UK national health service
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission bring lawsuit against popular video app and its Chinese parent
Proposed digital IDs potentially covering everything from ecommerce to travel itineraries spark backlash
Facebook parent accused of gathering data from photos and videos without ‘informed consent’
‘Basic steps’ including updating passwords were missed before 2021 hack, finds Information Commissioner
Social media company’s move to automatically allow user data to train chatbot could breach European privacy rules
UK Information Commissioner’s Office receives surge of customer grievances about handling of data requests
Tech giant backtracks on four-year effort to improve online privacy after advertiser and regulator opposition
Proposed legislation aims to better protect data ‘supply chains’ to essential public services
US telecoms group delayed disclosure under public safety exemption to SEC rules
Event was hosted by Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by former Labour minister Lord Peter Mandelson
US 2022 abortion ruling has heightened concerns over the safety of women’s healthcare trackers
Make sure you know the etiquette if you keep tabs on friends and family
Federal Trade Commission also investigating Chinese video app over potential breaches of act outlawing ‘unfair practices’
Also in this newsletter: Why Sweden wants to tilt the balance between privacy and security
Feature that automatically locks screen when device is snatched comes amid reports of rise in the crime
Lawsuit including parent company ByteDance claims legislation would breach free speech rights
George Arison says users should be careful after Tory MP who shared intimate images was caught in ‘honeytrap’
President backs legislation a day after his predecessor Donald Trump came out against it
House committee approves bipartisan legislation after briefing on data risks to American users
UK watchdog cracks down for first time on an employer processing biometric data of workers
UK agency also reports two bankruptcy practitioners identified in investigation to ICAEW
Today’s technology allows companies to build and maintain relationships with all their customers, but must carefully balance data collection and privacy
