Encryption battle reignited as U.S. at loggerheads with Apple
Apple Inc. and the U.S. government are at loggerheads for the second time in four years over the unlocking of iPhones connected to a mass shooting, reviving debate over law enforcement access to encrypted devices. Attorney General Bill Barr claimed Monday that Apple failed to ...
Dating apps Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal data, Norwegian group says
Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said in a report Tuesday. The Norwegian Consumer Council said it found "serious privacy infringements" in its analysis of ...
'Smile with your eyes': How to beat South Korea's AI hiring bots and land a job
In cram school-obsessed South Korea, students fork out for classes in everything from K-pop auditions to real estate deals. Now, as top Korean firms roll out artificial intelligence in hiring, job seekers want to learn how to beat the bots. From his basement office in ...
Exograph home-watching project challenges the value of privacy
Some people will shudder at Hiroki Enno's idea of a "social experiment," yet he believes the project could someday benefit society as a whole. The 28-year-old CEO of Plasma Inc., a Tokyo-based IT company, is paying participants in exchange for allowing him to film their ...
The FBI laid out new protocols Friday for how it conducts electronic surveillance in national security cases, responding to a Justice Department inspector general report that harshly criticized the bureau's handling of the Russia investigation. The changes, detailed in a 30-page filing with the secretive ...
IT giants renew commitment to privacy and security amid concerns
Information technology giants such as Google LLC and Amazon.com Inc. are striving to reassure consumers of their commitment to privacy and security, emphasizing related features while rolling out new products at the CES electronics trade show in Las Vegas. Google announced Tuesday that it had ...
Japan court rejects lawsuit seeking damages, suspension of My Number ID system
The Nagoya District Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by 20 residents that demanded the government suspend the use of the My Number national identification system and pay ¥2.2 million in damages for invading privacy. The court's ruling is the second in a series ...
Popular UAE chat app ToTok a government spy tool, report says
A chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users, according to a newspaper report. The government uses ToTok to track conversations, locations, images ...
Japan moves to tighten rules on handling of browsing history data
The Personal Information Protection Commission wants to oblige companies to get user consent before providing their personal data to third parties but holds fire on punitive levies.
Sapporo court orders Google to erase search results on arrest of man in dropped sex assault case
In the first domestic court ruling of its kind, the search giant must erase some of the results as they imply the plaintiff was found guilty, damaging his reputation.
Facebook on Thursday said it is ready for a data privacy law that will go into effect in its home state of California at the start of next year. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will give internet users in the state the right to ...
Hard disk theft suspect in Kanagawa data leak had posted 3,900 similar devices for sale
A man suspected of fraudulently obtaining hard drives containing data managed by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government has posted over 7,800 items, including over 3,900 hard disks, for sale online, the company he had been working for said Monday. Yuichi Takahashi, 51, a former employee of ...
