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Better switch to Firefox? After years of delays, Google performs u-turn and will no longer cancel third-party tracking cookies
US Department of Justice prepares lawsuit alleging TikTok violated child data privacy laws, as company's legal troubles mount
TikTok discloses in court documents it offered US government ability to shut platform down, as it prepares for September court…
Complete ban. United States close to announcing ban of all sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in America
Meta delays Europe launch of AI in Europe after user, privacy group complaints over plans to train models on user…
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook attempt to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal
LinkedIn disables feature allowing advertisers to target European users based on membership in groups after concerns over DSA compliance
Microsoft takes step back on 'Recall' AI screenshot feature on Copilot+ PCs after critics compare it to pre-installed spyware
European privacy group files GDPR complaints over Meta plan to use public user data from Facebook, Instagram to train AI…
Most people in the United States view TikTok as a Chinese influence tool a poll reveals, so why do so…
For third time Google delays phase-out of third-party Chrome cookies after pushback from industry and British regulator
ByteDance protest falls on deaf ears, as Senate passes TikTok ban or divest bill, with President Biden expected to sign…
Catching WhatsApp? Billionaire founder of Telegram claims encrypted platform will reach one billion users within a year
Five eyes member New Zealand joins with the US and UK alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage
Beijing reportedly begins blocking the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, and sidelines Microsoft's Windows OS
Beijing visit sees Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte discuss cyber espionage incident with Chinese President Xi Jinping
X selling real-time data for use by 'dozens' of US law-enforcement agencies even as it protests government surveillance, report finds
techUK and other tech, human rights groups say proposed changes to Investigatory Powers Act could introduce 'mass surveillance'
'Starshield' spy satellites built by SpaceX for the US government could result in commercial satellites being targetted, warns Russia
But will China sell? Former US Treasury Secretary claims he is putting together investor group to buy China's TikTok
House of Representatives vote could force ByteDance to divest TikTok within six months, or face nationwide US ban
TikTok faces fast-tracked vote in US House Of Representatives next week, after committee unanimously voted for ban or divestment
Privacy watchdog in Spain orders Worldcoin to halt eyeball scans to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto
Apparently not a joke. Chinese space agency outlines plan to install mass surveillance system on moon, for Lunar assets and…
US Judge orders spyware firm NSO Group to hand over Pegasus code to Meta's WhatsApp as part of the ongoing…
Florida student Jack Sweeney threatened with legal action by Taylor Swift, over location tracking of her private jet
Italian data protection regulator says investigation found OpenAI's ChatGPT violates EU's GDPR privacy rules
Ring confirmed it is 'sunsetting' its Request for Assistance (RFA) tool that allowed police to request doorbell footage
French data protection regulator fines Amazon 32m euros over 'excessive' worker monitoring, including alerts after 10 minutes of inactivity
In effort to resolve privacy worries, Microsoft is to allow its cloud customers to store all personal data within EU