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French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron has taken to X to set the record straight, saying the French government was not involved in Telegram CEO Pavel Durov'...

Federal Appeals Court: Fourth Amendment ‘Categorically’ Prohibits Geofence Warrants

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has overturned a previous ruling, concluding geofence warrants are "categorically prohibited by th...

US Government Sues TikTok For Violating Child Privacy Laws

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have sued TikTok and parent ByteDance for violating child privacy laws....

How To Protect Your Private Data At The US Border

In view of the recent court decision regarding the Fou...

Google Gemini Scans Private Google Drive Files Without Permission

Google Gemini is apparently scanning private PDFs in users' Google Drive accounts, the latest issue involving AI and privacy....

Proton Launches Private, Encrypted Google Docs Alternative

Proton, the makers behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN, has upped the ante with Proton Documents, a private end-to-end encryption (E2EE) alternative to Googl...

Mozilla Acquires Anonym to Further Privacy-Preserving Digital Advertising

Mozilla announced it has acquired Anonym in an effort to promote privacy-preserving digital advertising solutions....

Signal President Slams EU’s ‘Rhetorical Games’ In Effort to Break End-to-End Encryption

Signal President Meredith Whittaker is calling out the EU for what she calls "rhetorical games" designed to mask the bloc's efforts to destroy end-to-end e...

South Korea Fines Apple and Google For Violating Location Data Law

South Korea has fined Apple and Google for not complying with the country's law regulating how companies must handle location data....

Microsoft Makes Major Changes to Recall Following Backlash

Microsoft announced major changes to its AI-powered Recall feature following backlash over significant privacy and security concerns....

M4 iPad Pro Has a Major Undocumented Privacy Feature

Apple appears to have implemented a major new privacy feature in the M4 iPad Pro, although it has gone largely undocumented....

Slack Using Customer Data to Train AI, Requires Email to Opt Out

Slack is riling users with its new terms, saying it will use "messages, content, and files" to train AI and users must send an email to opt out....

Google Agrees to Settle Privacy Lawsuit, Will Destroy Billions of Records

In a landmark settlement addressing concerns over user privacy, tech giant Google has committed to erasing billions of records related to its Chrome browser's privacy mode. The mov...

Apple Will Require Devs to Explain Why They Need Access to Some APIs

Apple is continuing to implement privacy protections, this time requiring developers to explain why they need access to certain APIs....

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