Privacy

‘Here to stay’: TikTok CEO defiant in face of bans
Shou Chew says app will ‘never provide’ user data to Chinese gov’t and vows to fight ban in US state.
Published On 23 May 2023
Q&A: Is Meta data-transfer fine enough to allay privacy concerns?
Estelle Masse, senior policy analyst at Access Now, speaks to Al Jazeera about record penalty imposed on tech giant.
Published On 22 May 2023
Tesla sued by car owner over alleged intrusion of privacy
Lawsuit filed after reports alleged Tesla employees privately shared videos and images recorded by vehicle cameras.
Published On 8 Apr 2023
UK fines TikTok $15.9m over misuse of children’s data
Watchdog says TikTok failed to get consent from parents to process the data, as required by UK’s data protection laws.
Published On 4 Apr 2023

The Take looks at what banning the Chinese social media app would mean for digital privacy.

The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents.

Proposed legislation to expand surveillance powers risks transforming the Olympics into an assault on privacy.

It will pay for violating a children’s privacy law and tricking users to make purchases they did not intend to make.

Healthcare workers couldn’t access patient reports because the servers that store that data had been hacked & corrupted.

The ruling could limit the data Meta may access to sell personalised ads, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Almost five years after Cambridge Analytica was exposed, has anything really changed in the data collection business?

The move comes after a newspaper report alleging politicians and business people have been under state surveillance.

On International Identity Day, it is time to question whether technology-based identity systems are actually inclusive.

The fine is the second largest ever issued under European Union privacy laws.

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