An investigation into the educational technology company GoGuardian revealed the surveillance software used by schools across the country has routinely invaded students’ privacy and incorrectly flagged non-explicit content as harmful, according to an investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. GoGuardian is used to surveil about 27 million students in 11,

Finnish prosecutors have charged a hacker on more than 30,000 counts related to allegedly breaching a Helsinki-based private psychotherapy center. The charges include attempted extortion and spreading information that violates private life, according to a statement released this week by Finland’s National Prosecution Authority. Aleksanteri Kivimäki, 26, who

On 23 October from 13:00 to 15:00 CET, the EDPS organises a seminar dedicated to the ongoing legislative works on the Commission’s Regulation Proposal on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).The EDPS issued an own-initiative Opinion on two proposed directives on liability for defective products and on

With contributions from Aaron Massey, FPF Senior Policy Analyst and Technologist, Keir Lamont, Director, and Tariq Yusuf, FPF Policy InternSeveral technologies can help individuals configure their devices to automatically opt out of web services’ requests to sell or share personal information for targeted advertising. Seven state privacy laws require that

A new policy paper by EDRi members ECNL and Access Now outlines key recommendations on how to make fundamental rights impact assessments meaningful under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). https://edri.org/our-work/how-tech-corporations-like-google-meta-and-amazon-should-assess-impacts-on-our-rights/

A report from Amnesty International and the European Investigative Collaborations accuses the EU of being unable to effectively regulate spyware and surveillance technologies, according to Euractiv. The groups say the European Commission and the Council of the European Union do not enforce their own export laws and need to limit

Gezichten van mensen met een zwarte huidskleur worden veel minder goed herkend door tentamensoftware Proctorio, blijkt uit onderzoek van RTL Nieuws. De software, die fraude moet herkennen, zoekt bij online tentamens naar het gezicht van een student. Dat zwarte gezichten beduidend slechter worden herkend, leidt tot discriminatie, zeggen deskundigen die

Genetic testing giant 23andMe confirmed that a data scraping incident resulted in hackers gaining access to sensitive user information and selling it on the dark web. The information of nearly 7 million 23andMe users was offered for sale on a cybercriminal forum this week. The information included origin estimation, phenotype,