EU’s decision to allow AI-powered facial recognition will not end well, critics warn
The European Union is facing criticism aimed at its introduction of new AI rules that allow for facial recognition to be used by authorities in a limited manner. Opponents of these rules say that the capitulations could be the segue needed to bring in a new age of biometric surveillance, which can ... Read more
EU’s antitrust chief warns Apple to treat all apps equally
Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s antitrust chief, has warned Apple to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform. This comes after the company introduced new privacy changes that have attracted accusations of anti-competitive practices from rival Facebook.
Apple will ask iPhone users for con... Read more
Facebook criticizes Apple over data privacy changes in iOS 14
Facebook posted full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Washington Post, blasting Apple for its upcoming iOS 14 operating system. The ads carried the headline, “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.”
The criticism is against Apple’s decisio... Read more
Apple brings privacy information for apps on all its app stores
Apple now requires developers to answer a questionnaire as part of submitting an app or update in app stores across iOS, macOS, iPad, tvOS, and watchOS. Cupertino is currently relying on trust between developers and the company to receive direct reports on their apps' permissions and actions.
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Apple to remove apps that do not comply with new privacy feature
Apple threatens to remove apps from its App Store if developers do not ensure that they comply with an upcoming privacy feature that allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across apps.
The new feature is called the App Tracking Transparency and was going to go into effect this year... Read more
Apple delays privacy policy that threatens advertisers to early 2021
Last Thursday, Apple announced that they would delay a privacy policy change until early 2021. The impact of the new privacy policy could reduce ad sales by Facebook and other companies that target users on iPads and iPhones.
This delay will benefit Facebook, which announced last week that the c... Read more
‘Microsoft shares Office 365 user data with Facebook’
Microsoft has been sued for sharing the user data of Office 365 users with Facebook. The data was allegedly shared with Facebook's app developers as well as Microsoft's partners and vendors. If this accusation turns out to be accurate, this is a major violation of Microsoft's own privacy policy.
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Already 7,000 complaints about GDPR have been received by the Authority for Personal Data.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force throughout Europe since May 2018. The Personal Data Authority (AP), which receives complaints about possible violations in the Netherlands, informs us that seven thousand complaints have already been received.
That's what newspaper Trou... Read more