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EFF Submission to UK Consultation on Digital ID
Last September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the country. The scheme aims to make it easier for people to prove their identities by creating a virtual ID on personal devices with information like names, date of birth, nationality...
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Educational company Infrastructure reports cyber incident
By Saturday, Infrastructure’s chief information security officer Steve Proud confirmed that the hackers gained access to information about users at some educational institutions, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users.
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Forbes preliminarily agrees to pay $10 million to settle California wiretapping lawsuit
The preliminary settlement agreement, released on Thursday, said that Forbes has agreed to give users “greater notice” of its use of trackers and will add language to its website providing California residents with more control over how their data is collected and shared with third parties.
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Getting Digital Fairness Right: EFF's Recommendations for the EU's Digital Fairness Act
Digital Fairness in the EU The next few years will be decisive for EU digital policymaking. With major laws like the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, and the AI Act now in place, the EU is entering an enforcement era that will show whether these rules are rights-respecting or drift toward...
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Ransomware group claims breach of pro-Orbán Hungarian media firm
Mediaworks confirmed the incident on Friday, warning that “a significant amount of illegally obtained data may have come into the possession of unauthorized persons."
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US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Virginia and Washington, D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers.
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