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NordVPN's Consumer Cybersecurity Report warns that AI is making scams more personal and devastating, with cybercriminals leveraging generative AI to industriali

A new report indicates that LG smart TVs can listen to users even when turned off, prompting consumer advocacy organizations to recommend disabling ACR and othe

California is considering listing Jewish as an ethnicity for data collection purposes, a move that has divided the Jewish community. The state currently recogni

The US civil rights agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), is set to stop collecting data on companies' demographic makeup, which has been

A Proton report warns that millions of US VPN users are at privacy risk, as 85% of VPNs on US app stores contain hidden trackers, with many funneling data to fo

Fewer weather balloons and wave-monitoring buoys are being launched, impacting America's weather forecasting capabilities, which has caused widespread frustrati

Comcast is rolling out a new "WiFi Motion" feature to millions of Xfinity routers, which uses Wi-Fi signals to detect movement in homes, raising significant pri

A German competition authority has mandated Apple to cease favoring its own applications in personal data collection prompts, citing unfair practices against th

Apple has been ordered to change its data collection consent prompts after Germany's Federal Cartel Office accused the company of designing them to favor its ow

Jury selection has commenced in a federal court in Oakland, California, for a lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company routinely collects data on children und

Some Android apps are reportedly sharing users' precise location data with advertisers and law enforcement through third-party SDKs, often without explicit cons

जनगणना 2027 का दूसरा चरण 17 अगस्त से शुरू होगा, जिसमें जाति और माता-पिता के जन्म की जानकारी भी देनी होगी। इस चरण में कई अन्य महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न भी पूछे जाएंगे।

An unsecured police dashboard in China revealed how authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data, offering a rare ins

A BBC tribunal victory has revealed new information regarding secret police phone checks, which were reportedly initiated following a report on an MI5 agent's m

Australia's upcoming national census on August 11 will include questions about sexual orientation, sex at birth, and gender identity for the first time, aiming

The article highlights the difficulty in accurately reporting heat-related deaths, questioning whether deaths like a heart attack in a sweltering apartment shou

The LAPD has announced it will not renew its contract with Flock surveillance cameras due to "serious concerns around civil liberties and privacy" regarding the

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed a swift flyby of Pluto after a nine-year journey, prioritizing data collection during the encounter and revealing Pluto

The Statistics ministry has identified significant deficiencies in agricultural data collection, including incomplete crop enumeration inspections, outdated vil

Google is rolling out new 'Search Services History' settings that allow the company to save user interactions, including photos and voice recordings, potentiall

Meta is implementing a new safeguard to prevent secret recordings with its AI glasses, even as the company expands data collection by its AI products. This move