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Open Letter: Civil society coalition urges EU to kill the cookie banner!

Open Letter: Civil society coalition urges EU to kill the cookie banner!

GDPR Policy For once, EU legislators have an opportunity to deliver genuine simplification for people: a solution to the ongoing issue of misleading cookie banners. As part of its highly controversial Digital Omnibus package, the EU Commission has proposed legally binding automated privacy signals. These would allow you to set...
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10 Sep 2026 | noyb Europe
CISA head says agency must change quickly to prevent the 'worst that could happen'

CISA head says agency must change quickly to prevent the 'worst that could happen'

CISA's cybersecurity, infrastructure security and emergency communications divisions are among the priorities as the agency fills vacancies created at the beginning of the Trump administration, acting director Nick Andersen says.
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9 Sep 2026 | The Record International
Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening

Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening

Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave when they know they could always be recorded.
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9 Sep 2026 | TechCrunch Amérique N.
Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR

Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR

Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies—automated license plate readers (ALPR), cell-site simulators, and facial recognition, to name a few--causing an outcry in many communities where people are rightly concerned about the threat to civil rights and civil liberties these tools present.Some authorities are responding...
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9 Sep 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy

US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy

The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform.
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9 Sep 2026 | The Record International
Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million

Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million

The settlement concludes a legal fight that dates to April 2024, when UK users sued for the alleged violations of their country’s privacy laws.
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9 Sep 2026 | The Record International
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