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Apple health data used in a rape and murder investigation

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Australia: Apple Watch data assist in a murder investigation

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Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man with murder

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Experts object to US Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s “Extreme Vetting Initiative” that will rely on AI

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US Immigration & Customs Enforcement used social media to monitor protests opposing Trump administration policies

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US government used social media to monitor journalists and advocates working with migrants

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iPhone health app data used to uncover a murder plot in the UK

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Pacemaker data used in court

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Private intelligence company monitored people protesting Trump’s family separation policies

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Saudi Arabian government-backed Absher app lets men monitor and control women’s travel

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Bahrain threatens crackdown on followers of anti-government social media accounts

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Push This Button For Evidence: Digital Forensics

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101: Integrated Policing

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Never heard of TrueCaller? They might have heard about you. Here is how you can unlist yourself

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"Betrayed by an app she had never heard of" - How TrueCaller is endangering journalists

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Ad Tech GDPR complaint is extended to four more European regulators

Facebook’s failing efforts in Hungary
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Facebook’s failing efforts in Hungary

Google cut off Canada instead of complying with Canadian law
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Google cut off Canada instead of complying with Canadian law

Loophole in Facebook’s ad ecosystem allows political content look like regular content
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Loophole in Facebook’s ad ecosystem allows political content look like regular content

Disinformation in Ukraine's 2019 Presidential election
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Disinformation in Ukraine's 2019 Presidential election

Facebook's transparency efforts have failed in Ukraine so far
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Facebook's transparency efforts have failed in Ukraine so far

Facebook inaction leads to more disinformation in Ukraine
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Facebook inaction leads to more disinformation in Ukraine

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Regulatory complaint against Google and other “ad tech” companies under Europe’s GDPR by Johnny Ryan, Jim Killock, and Michael Veale

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Panoptykon Foundation files complaint against Google and other “ad tech” companies with the with the Polish Data Protection Authority

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Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Quantcast International Limited following Privacy International submission

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Privacy International files complaints against seven companies for wide-scale and systematic infringements of data protection law  ​​​​​​​

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Formal GDPR complaint against IAB Europe’s “cookie wall” and GDPR consent guidance

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How do tracking companies know what you did last summer?

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Most cookie banners are annoying and deceptive. This is not consent.

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Why am I really seeing that ad? The answer might be Real Time Bidding (RTB)