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• Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People
• McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on One Customer to Predict What He’d Order Next
• China is removing Microsoft’s Windows 10 from state agencies
• OpenAI builds offerings on consent as it expands ChatGPT ads to Europe
• An AI companion company is hiring a human therapist

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• Google picked and paid for the firm anonymising the Spirit Airlines data
• US court rejects Verizon bid to recoup $47M FCC fine
• French taxpayers warned after personal data stolen in major hack
• Germany Asylum Payment Card Requires Cardholders to Name Lawyers to State; DPA Rules Illegal
• Russia moves to give security services near real-time access to citizens’ travel data — Meduza

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• Norway forces SATS to let gym members object to check-in photos
• Europol Expansion Would Put Non-Suspect Fingerprints Into Cross-Border Police Database
• London police apologize after sex abuse complaints against late Harrods owner shared on comms list
• How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption
• You can remove an AI watermark from text by asking a second AI
• 5 Of The Worst Rated Home Security Cameras, According To Consumer Reports
• CRYPTO 2026 Opens Today: AI Systems Are Now Both Tool and Target of Math Attacks
• Forget silicon chip servers, Singapore’s newest data centre needs to be fed
• ‘The great quantum migration’ is coming as more than $2 trillion in digital assets is at risk—nearly the entire value of the overall crypto market
• Hong Kong firm bets on Chinese open-weight models to rival CoreWeave
• Scientists increasingly dependent on ‘black-box’ tools they cannot control or fully understand
• Mikie Sherrill Signed A Voter Data Protection Bill, Then Pulled it After Realizing It Will Hurt Democrats in Elections
• Davis County Splits 2-1 on License Plate Camera Deal Amid Privacy Backlash
• Scam Alert on WhatsApp: Meta tests new AI-powered online safety tool
• People are going to extreme lengths to stop themselves from being filmed through Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’

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• Surveillance company Flock moves to increase oversight after police misuse
• Ad Auctions Feed Warrantless Government Surveillance: New Tool Maps Pipeline
• German privacy watchdog urges EU to scrap cookie banners
• Anthropic Is Quietly Watermarking Every Claude AI Output. Builders Are Already Trying to Break It
• Privacy watchdog warns of ‘serious risks’ over EU police agency surveillance – POLITICO

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• 'Inner Thoughts' of Every Major AI Model Exposed in Massive Exploit
• Signal Launches Automatic Key Verification to Stop Server-Level Wiretapping
• Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics - The American Prospect
• Campaigns Are Buying Your Data Right Now. So Is Everyone Else.
• Trump admin delays TANF data sharing plan opposed by blue states

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• How (and Why) to Remove Yourself From Data Miners Tracking You, Using California’s New Privacy Website
• As Repossessions Rise, License Plate Readers Aren't Just For Cops Anymore
• A new surveillance tool can trace people through the devices they carry
• Even the AI assistant inside Russia’s state-backed Max messenger tells users not to trust the app — Meduza
• ITIF Report Warns 98 AI Chatbot Bills Collect Adult ID Data Without Protecting Children

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• ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
• Would you trust your boss with data about your brain? California moves to regulate neurotech
• China Privacy Draft Sets Tougher Test Than China's Own State Secrets Rules

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• Exclusive: WFP to extend Palantir contract despite concerns raised in leaked audit
• Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list
• Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy Features | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Signal Removes Phone Numbers; AI Identifies Users by Message Patterns, Not IDs
• Flock pitched turning Uber and Lyft drivers into a mobile surveillance network
• America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data as search traffic falls | Nieman Journalism Lab
• SC seeks Centre's response on pleas challenging changes made in RTI through data protection law
• These Rules for Blurring Now Apply to Google Street View
• Age Verification Is Building the Internet’s Next Identity Layer
• 4 prompts that can tell you what chatbots really know about you
• Why are we just watching America become a surveillance state? | Opinion

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• Mayor says LAPD should stop using Flock devices; concerned data is used for deportations
• SEC Bought a Billion Airline Records to Track Travelers—Likely Without a Warrant
• Apple's Private Relay Leaks Your Real IP Address in Safari
• AI Note-Taking Apps Are Violating User Privacy
• Exclusive: Verb lets you sell your data to AI labs for training

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• Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses
• Walmart accused of collecting customers' voiceprints | Courthouse News Service
• Mooresville police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track boyfriend’s ex-wife
• TikTok loses court battle over £12.7m child privacy fine
• Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction | Electronic Frontier Foundation

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• Apple’s legal action against UK data demands sparks showdown
• Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School. - Gadget Review
• Apple Photos lawsuit over facial recognition data can move forward
• Meta Smart Glasses Face Calls for Bans Across Europe Over Privacy Concerns
• The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare

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• Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
• Flock Misread License Plates in 71% of Alerts It Sent Roseville Police - Business Insider
• ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff
• Proton VPN quietly unveils a massive under-the-hood upgrade — here's all we know about 'Proton Protocols'
• Apple launches second legal challenge to UK iCloud backdoor order, per report

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• Amazon’s Own Letter Confirms Ring Gave Police Your Footage Without a Warrant
• Amgen says cloud data breach exposed patient health, proprietary info
• NY school district pauses AI robot teaching assistant rollout amid controversies about manufacturer
• Homematic IP Enters Camera Market With Free Cloud Storage, No Monthly Fee
• Why Claude for Teachers Might Be a Student Privacy Trap for Educators
• Google Gemini Spark now uses your saved Chrome passwords - Notebookcheck News
• DOGE Privacy Lawsuit Survives Dismissal: Discovery May Force Data Reckoning
• AI Companies Can Legally Buy and Destroy Books: ISBNdb Reversal Changed Nothing
• From Tinder and Reddit to Amazon, unwanted AI images are freaking people out
• Even God Won't Help: Pope Leo's Prayer App Suffers Devastating Data Breach
• Italy Fines TIM $10.9M for Spoofed Calls That Laundered Illicit Leads Into Fake Consent
• What's the Deal With Meta's 'Pervert Glasses'?
• 'That Is The End Of Bitcoin'—The Quantum Race For $470 Billion
• Exclusive: Data Center Costs Set to Rise as U.S. States Move to Repeal Tax Breaks
• What to do when neighbour's CCTV or doorbell camera is pointed at your property
• 'That Is The End Of Bitcoin'—The Quantum Race For $470 Billion

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• NHS England admits its paperwork hid that Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data
• Italy's Own Privacy Watchdog Says Its New Police Facial Recognition Decree Violates EU AI Act
• India Child Safety Plan Would Force Every Adult to Verify Age via Aadhaar
• OneDrive Photos Silently Installs on Windows 11 With Biometric Scan Capability, No Removal Path
• Australia takes Telegram to court over terrorist content it says the app left up

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• Hims & Hers sent users’ health data to social media giants despite promising privacy, bombshell FTC lawsuit claims
• Updating your app might not keep you safe: How outdated OpenVPN code leaves VPNs exposed
• China drafts cyberbullying rules that reach AI-generated abuse
• Researchers Create Tool to Trace Fake Videos to the AI System That Made Them
• Is the EU's 'Chat Control' the end of private messaging in Europe?

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• Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online
• Lords Open Online Safety Act Inquiry as Breach-Prone Age Checks Strip Adult Privacy
• California appeals court finds that license plate data collection alone is not harm
• Why is Chat Control one of the EU's biggest digital rights fights?
• Origin reveals 900,000 customers had their data breached in hack

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• Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• How to Stop Browser Fingerprinting, the Latest Method for Tracking Your Activity Across the Internet
• Should the EU scan your private messages with 'Chat Control'? Take our poll.
• Smart wearables challenge UK privacy laws through invisible surveillance
• Trump's new DOJ nominee wants to ban online porn and prosecute Big Tech

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• New Jersey bans grocery stores from using shoppers' personal data to set prices • Jersey Vindicator
• Facebook Shadow Profiles Lawsuits | Non-User Health Data Collection?
• Georgia cops keep getting arrested for misusing Flock surveillance data
• TikTok risks a 6% fine as EU targets child safety failures
• Geofence Warrant Ruling Is a Big Victory for Personal Privacy
• US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
• Vanderbilt Health Worker's One Bad Click Sparks Patient Data Scare In Nashville
• Indonesia's Biometric SIM Drive Hits 10 Million, Targets 291 Million Existing Subscribers
• Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning ID Startup World Just Raised $52.5 Million, Even as Nvidia Chip Shortages Slow Its Rollout
• Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
• Kill the Cookie Banner!
• Japan's Official Pokemon Card Stores to Require Facial Recognition for Entry and TCG Purchases - PokeBeach | PokéBeach
• CJEU blocks Sweden's GDPR exemption, reviving SEK 300,000 damages claim
• Quote of the day by ex-Google evangelist Vint Cerf: 'Privacy may actually be an anomaly' — putting our rights into perspective
• ‘Safeguard essential’: Supreme Court on withholding children’s Aadhaar details under APAAR scheme
• Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info

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• LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps – Krebs on Security
• EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028 | Euronews
• Proton reveals how smart TVs track you and the escape situation is pretty grim
• You Can Now Recover Your Google Account With a Selfie Video - MacRumors

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• FBI Director Confirms Bureau Buys Location Data on Americans, March 2026 | The Classified Record
• Truck Drivers Allegedly Ramming Flock Safety Cameras To Destroy Them - Gadget Review
• You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live
• Trump's personnel agency says it will remove some identifying info as it sweeps up medical records
• License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
• License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

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• OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face | WIRED
• La France interdit les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans, une première en Europe | Radio-Canada
• For years, the EU's border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol | International | EL PAÍS English
• AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
• Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code

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• The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
• This Period-Tracking App Actually Keeps Your Data Private
• California Data Brokers Must Build a New Compliance Playbook
• Could the new gambling law threaten citizens' privacy?
• They Broke the Story on Flock Leaking Cops' License Plate Searches. Ask Them Anything.

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• EU Orders Google to Give Rival AI Apps the Same Android Access as Gemini
• LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
• ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
• Madison Square Garden sues media outlet over allegations of secret database tracking celebrity 'risk scores'
• Trump says China stole 220 million U.S. voter files in largest election-data breach
• Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world's most notorious spyware system
• Meta Patents Technology to Detect Your Mood by Constantly Analyzing Your Tone of Voice
• San Francisco warns Apple and Google to stop profiting from AI nudify apps
• Why the EU's so-called Chat Control law has privacy experts up in arms
• How Texas Police Spent $4.5 Million on Four Chevy Tahoes
• Fitness Trackers Are a Subpoena Away: EFF Finds Only Apple Encrypts Health Data
• Burnham to scrap digital ID to focus on 'helping with cost of living'
• EU-Funded Herta Security Runs Banned Facial Recognition on 4,000 Indian Cameras

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• Trump reveals China stole voter registration data from 220M Americans
• Apple Sued Over Reported 'Hide My Email' Flaw - MacRumors
• Iran used ad tracking to hunt American soldiers: Report
• Period and Ovulation Apps Privacy Review 2026: Is Your Period Tracker Safe? - Mozilla Foundation
• Qantas Did Everything “Right” — And Got Breached Anyway. Regulators Say That’s the Point.

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• States reach $18 million settlement with 23andMe
• Refusing Samsung Health AI training will not wipe your health history after all
• OpenAI's Codex now encrypts instructions between AI agents, leaving developers blind to internal delegation
• Kudankulam nuclear plant data breached, NPCIL says core systems untouched

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• You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network
• LAPD renegotiating deal with Flock Safety to access company's license plate readers
• Grok Build was uploading entire Git repositories to xAI's cloud, including committed secrets
• Google is training AI on even more of your data now, unless you opt out - here's how
• New York Just Banned Large Data Centers—5 Numbers Explain Why the Backlash Is Spreading Nationwide

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• Right-Wing Groups Just Got a Big Win on the Census
• Surprise, Surprise: More Evidence That What You Say To Your Chatbot Isn't Always Private
• Why careful people still end up on data broker sites
• First American sued by homeowners over its property database
• Criminals scamming billions from Medicare using fake AI voices, hacking data — all without setting foot in the USA

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• This UK Satellite's Thermal Camera Raises Major Privacy Concerns
• Patreon Blocks Crawlers From Stealing Creators' Work for AI Training
• New Google Tags Will Tell You When an Ad Was Made or Altered Using AI
• LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues
• Meta Patent: AI That Tracks Your Emotions Over Time
• Is the government listening? Gunshot detectors spark backlash
• EDPB blocks AI firms from using consent as an excuse to scrape
• Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent
• Google may use your photos and voice to train AI
• Meta blocks camera on AI glasses if LED light is destroyed
• Taboola turns 7 million DeeperDive users into ad inventory for any chatbot

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• EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 – Breyer: “Our children lose out” – Patrick Breyer
• EU Finalizes GDPR Blockchain Rules: Encrypted Data Is Still Personal Data
• A Puerto Rico government agency exposed 1M Social Security numbers
• Meta CTO says employee-tracking data landed ‘where it wasn’t supposed to go’
• Their music may have trained AI. No one asked them either way

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• We tracked our blackmailer to a village in Nigeria and showed up with cameras (and a machine gun).
• EU to extend temporary message-scanning regime to detect child sexual abuse online | Euronews
• TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it
• Supreme Court Ends FTC Independence, Opening US Data Privacy Enforcement Gap
• 1-in-2 phones sold in Africa exfiltrate telemetry to China - NowSecure
• This Massive Data Breach Compromised Nearly 7 Million Driver's Licenses

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• Supreme Court declines to block Texas age-verification law for app downloads | AP News
• Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group | Tom's Hardware
• Complaint urges ban on ‘unlawful’ Europol processing of personal data | Computer Weekly
• Is Google using your searches to train its AI? Here's how to opt out
• Hilton, LinkedIn, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo face class actions over alleged pixel tracking, privacy violations

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• “Lawsuit: Reno police made thousands of unlawful arrests using facial ID”
• “Attorney General Tong: New Connecticut Online Privacy Protections for Children Now in Effect”
• “The Best Private Messaging App Isn’t WhatsApp or Signal, It’s Delta Chat”
• “Google's update on IP tracking has crossed a new line — here's why a VPN is more crucial than ever”
• “A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID”

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• Parents warned not to publicly share children’s images amid AI abuse risks - BBC News
• Govt orders Apple, Google to remove 7 Chinese apps
• Data protection rules slow LLM rollout in Europe, study says
• EU-US Data Privacy Framework Under Threat After Supreme Court Ruling
• Alibaba bans Claude Code after Anthropic is caught tracking Chinese users with hidden code
• France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider | France | The Guardian
• China AI Companion Law Arrives July 15: Doubao and Qwen Agent Data Will Be Deleted
• The Telegram 'A-P-P-P': Privacy, Piracy, and Pornography
• Flock's A.I.-enabled street cameras see backlash across the country
• Cleveland Voted to Kill Its Flock Camera Network. They Have REMAINED ON, With Police Still Using Them - Gadget Review
• ‘One of the worst things to happen to childhood’: Parents concerned Roblox will slip through gaps in online safety crackdown
• Tools to keep your kids safe on social media have 'critical' flaws, study finds. So is there any hope of protecting them?
• I switched to an open-source notes app for 2 weeks, and I wish I had done it sooner
• WhatsApp's username feature has re-ignited India’s debate over online message traceability

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• Spain Orders Blacklist of US Tech Giant Palantir From Public and Private Companies
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• New Jersey Becomes Latest State to Pass Law Against Surveillance Pricing
• Gay dating app Goose accused of using AI models to drum up interest
• Shared Message — A Third Party Breached The Intercept's Signal Tip Line and Has Been Soliciting Whistleblowers
• Tesla Said the Crash Data Was Missing. A Hacker Found It Anyway.

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• Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses
• Connecticut Classifies Brain Data as Sensitive Starting July 1: New Rights for EEG Wearable Users
• CA to share driver license data despite immigration fears - CalMatters
• Alameda County extends Flock Safety contract amid worries over surveillance network
• Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users
• US-based ‘Amazon of South Korea’ forced to recover laptop from bottom of Chinese river in bizarre data privacy clampdown: report

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• Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com - Ars Technica
• Trump's White House Allegedly Rebuilt Federal Websites Quietly With Hidden Visitor Tracking Tools | IBTimes UK
• Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Illinois Schools Brace For AI Deepfake Bullies With New Legal Crackdown
• Schrems preps new privacy challenge to EU-US data deal

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• WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private
• Supreme Court Supports Privacy Protections for Cellphone Location Data
• Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data

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• The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
• Big Tech Took a $3.5 Billion Hit for Feeding AI With Your Personal Data
• Will My Pixel Smartphone Soon Be Eavesdropping on Me?
• “You Can’t Avoid Them”: A Mother Says She Counted Eight Flock Cameras on the Way to Her Kid’s School
• Martin Lewis data privacy warning whenever you phone up a service provider
• Your web browser knows a lot about you. Here’s what you can do about it.
• “Double Threat” to Private Communications: Undemocratic Chat Control Backroom Deals and Imminent Concessions Spark Relaunch of fightchatcont
• ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns - ABC News
• Your Kids’ School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle
• Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs
• Mint Explainer: Why quantum computing is the next geopolitical race
• Big Tech Took a $3.5 Billion Hit for Feeding AI With Your Personal Data
• Will My Pixel Smartphone Soon Be Eavesdropping on Me?
• “You Can’t Avoid Them”: A Mother Says She Counted Eight Flock Cameras on the Way to Her Kid’s School
• Martin Lewis data privacy warning whenever you phone up a service provider
• Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle

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• ‘Everyone Is A Child To Some Extent’: What The Looming Children’s Privacy Code Changes Means For Advertisers
• Drone network part of Met Police's London-wide tech push
• Post-Quantum Encryption: Cloudflare Moves to 2029 as Federal 2030 Mandate Reaches Every Vendor
• Canadian workers have few defences against workplace surveillance
• Trump Has ‘Almost Completely’ Erased LGBTQ+ Data. Is Race Next?

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• Cloudflare Collaborates with Leading Browsers to Develop a Privacy-First Protocol for the Global Internet
• License plate cameras can track your AirPods, smartwatch, and more, disturbing study finds | The Independent
• Medical AI could compromise your privacy in disturbing new way, experts warn
• Cate Blanchett Just launched a Free Tool To Stop AI From Stealing Your Face
• The Trump Administration’s New Census Data Rules Are a Policy Disaster

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• LastPass Breached via Klue Supply-Chain Attack:… | DeafNews
• Google Pixel preps ‘Audio Memory’ to track ‘important conversations'
• Cate Blanchett Launches 'Human Consent Registry' to Help Protect Your Likeness From AI Industry Scraping
• Cops Are Already Using License Plate Readers to Stalk People
• Meta hits pause on tracking employee keystrokes to train AI after internal leak

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• Trump voter database blocked by judge for privacy, accuracy fears
• Anthropic's new privacy policy collects biometric data from flagged Claude users
• Feds pass controversial C-22 lawful access bill before summer break
• Canadian government spent tens of millions on secret Palantir contract
• Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

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• GDPR Driver Monitoring Fails Safety Defense: Securitas AI Cameras Ruled Unlawful
• Experts warns AI toy apps for kids are tracking users and collecting personal data
• The Quantum Threat to Encryption Is Coming. France Just Set a 2027 Deadline
• Europol is going rogue – so Brussels is doubling its budget??
• Singaporean brothers use unsolvable maths equations to build modern, unbreakable encryption
• India's Telegram Ban Upheld by Court, Putting 150 Million Users and Every Encrypted App at Risk
• Canadians have days left to claim up to $500 in $4M data breach settlement
• NP View: Mark Carney's online surveillance state
• Anthropic now requires identity verification using a government photo ID before unlocking certain Claude capabilities.
• Anthropic's new privacy policy adds biometric checks to Claude accounts
• Council of Europe Data Breach: ShinyHunters Makes 10,000 Employees' Records Permanent
• Vermont bans AI-only therapy and tightens data broker rules
• ChatGPT can read your bank statements now - here's what it knows
• LETTERS: Canada’s Bill C-22 cause for great concern

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• Alarm raised over China’s threat to older Americans through drug supply chains
• France to Phase Out Non-Quantum Encryption as Bitcoin Security Concerns Grow
• Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization
• Apple introduces AI password updater
• French spy service drops Palantir – POLITICO
• Why India's New Data Law Is A Costly Wake-Up Call

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• Ottawa introduces privacy bill covering children's data and the right to request deletion
• Your Ryzen CPU used to encrypt your RAM. A firmware update silently turned that off.
• UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints | Computer Weekly
• G7 Privacy Regulators Head to Paris With AI Enforcement Deadline 48 Days Out
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• Canada wants to stop companies from using your data to charge you more, but the details are still missing

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• New York passes bill forcing AI crawlers to identify themselves to news sites
• Signal Veterans Want to Encrypt Slack, Google Docs, and Basically Every Other App
• Hong Kong eyes secure storage of ride-hailing data for national security
• Africa Must Build Data Sovereignty and Cultural Protection Now to Avoid a 'Digital Berlin Conference', Say UJ and Sol Plaatje University Leaders
• The transparency question at the heart of the EVM debate
• Pokémon Go data helped train AI now linked to military drones
• Chinese hackers breach REDCap servers, steal medical research
• Hands-On Tech 271

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• Anthropic's new data retention policies cause Microsoft to temporarily ban its employees from using Claude Fable 5 AI
• NYC schools face public pressure to pause AI use for 2 years
• 'Nobody Is Safe': FL Man Sues After AI Facial Recognition Wrongly Tags Him Child Luring Suspect in Shocking Police Blunder | IBTimes UK
• In 2023, Google made 1.47 million CSAM reports.
• Meta layoffs: More than half of the 8,000 job cuts are in two US states, and these roles took the biggest hit - The Times of India

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• Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
• Signal president warns of potential UK exit over surveillance concerns
• 'Suffering Causes People To Make Mistakes,' Says Prosecutor Who Used Cop Databases To Spy On Romantic Rival
• Canada wants to ban under-16s from social media, and rein in AI chatbots too
• Acxiom's geo-based audiences are now live on The Trade Desk in UK and Germany

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• Signal attacks UK plan to scan devices for nude images as "mass surveillance"
• California Made It Easier to Delete Your Data — Why Everyone Should Pay Attention
• Meta now wants to use your activity from other websites to personalize its AI
• Elkjop hit with NOK 20m GDPR fine over loyalty club consent failures
• Thirteen government agencies used embattled transcription company VIQ Solutions raising concerns over nation's data

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• Meta files contempt complaint against NSO Group for violating court order on WhatsApp targeting
• Nearly 100,000 pres. pardon applicants’ records exposed to wartime cyber threats, report finds
• Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data
• New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses
• Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: How health data sharing exposes patients

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