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ExpressVPN Warns Parents on Back-to-School Photo Risks
ExpressVPN and IWF warn that back-to-school photos can be scraped and manipulated by AI, urging parents to rethink online privacy habits.
Roblox Overhauls Privacy Rules After eSafety Violations
Roblox is overhauling privacy rules after eSafety violations, adding age checks, parental controls, and age-based restrictions to protect younger play
HeyPolo Earns Mumsnet Rated Badge, 92% Parent Peace of Mind
HeyPolo, a privacy-first family safety app from Surfshark, earned the Mumsnet Rated badge. 92% of parent testers reported greater peace of mind.
How to tell if your personalization is over the line
Before using customer data for personalization, test if customers expect, find relevant, and feel comfortable with it.
Public Records Can Become Target Lists
Public records, like NYC's market value roll, can be exploited by criminals to target individuals. Transparency creates risk.
Comcast Turns Routers into Motion Detectors
Comcast's WiFi Motion uses WiFi signals to detect movement in homes, part of Xfinity Shield. No cameras are used, but privacy concerns arise.
Canadians Fear Data Security, Impersonation in Payments
A Capco survey finds 91% of Canadians worry about payment fraud, with top concerns being data security, impersonation, and card/identity theft.
AI Privacy Ranking: Best and Worst Platforms
Incogni's study ranks 13 AI platforms by privacy practices, revealing which handle user data best and worst.
9M Face Images Exposed in Unsecured Cloud Database
A cloud database with over 9 million face images (450 GB) was left accessible without authentication, discovered by researcher Jeremiah Fowler.
Flock Safety License Plate Readers Spark Bay Area Privacy
Flock Safety's automated license plate readers are spreading across the Bay Area, raising concerns about data collection and usage by law enforcement.
Police Told to Hide Flock Camera Use
A Wapello County, Iowa policy instructs police to conceal Flock ALPR camera usage from vehicle occupants and in reports, raising privacy concerns.
S. Korea CBDC trial fuels misinformation
South Korea's CBDC testing has triggered misleading online claims, including conspiracy theories about a social credit system, raising privacy concern