December 18, 2020

Fishy French COVID contact tracing app is a data thief pest

An unknown threat actor attempts to scam people with a credential-stealing malware app

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October 08, 2019

Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

It's coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator's protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.

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September 25, 2019

Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they're European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.

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September 20, 2019

Facebook Libra rejected by France as “dangerous”

France finance minister: Libra won't be allowed onto European soil.

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October 04, 2018

Cop charged with selling phone tracking service on dark web

A French police officer has been charged with using police intelligence data to power a mobile phone tracking service sold via the dark web.

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May 30, 2018

Despacito YouTube video hack – teenagers charged

Web defacement is supposed to be an old-fashioned type of hack, but it probably didn’t look that way to YouTube viewers on 10 April.

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December 20, 2017

WhatsApp and Facebook told to stop sharing data

Whatsapp will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for "business intelligence" purposes with Facebook if it doesn't comply

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March 15, 2017

News in brief: France drops e-voting; alleged Yahoo hackers indicted; Google tool for parents

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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February 15, 2017

Fake news: what can we all do to play our part in combating it?

Tech companies, media organisations and political parties are starting to work together but it comes down to us, too

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