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Your local police force could download everything from your phone without your consent

Did you know the police can download everything from your phone?
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Police mobile phone extraction explainer

police officer entering phone
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Your local police force might already be able to hack you

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Police hacking explainer

EBPB reminds national data protection authorities to exercise their powers proportionally and in respect of fundamental rights
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EDPB reminds national data protection authorities to exercise their powers proportionally and in respect of fundamental rights

WFP Aid Worker
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One of the UN's largest aid programmes just signed a deal with the CIA-backed data monolith Palantir

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Amazon ensures Fire OS patch applies to older systems too

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Peer-to-peer advertising offers new opportunities for manipulation

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Google's China project ties searches to phone numbers

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New Mexico sues Tiny Lab over children's data

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Privacy advocates resign from Sidewalk Labs Toronto project

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Phone numbers biggest risk in data breaches

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Affiliate marketers find Facebook eases scamming

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WhatsApp founder deletes Facebook and tries to atone

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Researchers attempt to predict depression from Facebook posts

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Scandals lead US Facebook users to back away

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Facebook granted custom access to user data to selected companies

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Facebook investigates whether Crimson Hexagon violated surveillance policies

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In Cambridge Analytica investigation, Facebook suspends 200 apps

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Facebook seeks partners to understand platform abuse in high-risk areas

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Facebook offers data broker transparency

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Facebook exploits telephone numbers as shadow data for advertising

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HSBC blames data breach on password reuse

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Revolut reports evidence of money laundering

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Consumer behaviour closely predicts politices, race, income, education, gender

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Venmo app default "public" setting exposes transaction histories

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Choice of iOS or Android can predict credit-worthiness

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British grocery stores offer insurance discounts based on shopping habits

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Common reporting standard challenged on cybersecurity grounds

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UK political party's conference app exposes personal details