If you haven’t used your Ubisoft account in a while, there’s a chance the game publisher might nuke your account for being inactive— that’s the reality one gamer said he discovered after stepping away ...

An incoming privacy policy change announced by TikTok yesterday for users in Europe — which, for the first time, names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed ...

After major privacy enforcement finally hit Meta’s tracking ads business in Europe earlier this year, the tech giant has confirmed it will be changing the legal basis it claims for microtargeting ...

Nick Dedeke is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, Boston. His research interests include digital transformation strategies, ethics, and privacy. His research has been ...

108 civil society organisations (including IFEX), academics, companies and other experts have called on the European Commission to protect people's rights and dignity in a data-driven world by ...

Meta's new privacy policy is facing a legal challenge in 11 European countries, over the way the company plans to use users' personal data to train AI models. The company recently introduced new terms ...

The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the 1995 data protection directive. It ...

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Even though 88% of businesses spend over €1 million on GDPR compliance and 40% invest up to €10 million, 80% of their employees still ignore basic password security practices. The formal risk is ...

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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. For many internet ...