UK soccer stars may sue betting companies over player data profits

Posted on 27/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The business of elite sports is awash with cash, with pro athletes having specific deals to cover every aspect of their lives. Now, a group of British-based footballers are raising the question as to who owns, and profits from, the data generated whe...

Seven Hong Kong VPN providers accused of exposing private user data

Posted on 19/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Many activists and privacy advocates turn to virtual private networks to keep their internet activity away from prying eyes, but it appears that some VPN providers might have put their customers at risk. VPNMentor reports (via The Register) that sens...

FBI reportedly uses a travel company’s data for worldwide surveillance

Posted on 18/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FBI doesn’t necessarily have to rely on spy databases or phone records to collect vast amounts of information about suspects — it might just have to ask a travel company for help. Forbes understands the FBI is using info from Sabre, the world’s l...

Australia and the UK open joint investigation of Clearview AI

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Australia and the UK have opened a joint investigation into Clearview AI. Specifically, the regulatory bodies are concerned with Clearview’s practice of using “scraped” data and biometrics. The two countries aren’t the first to question Clearview AI,...

Demographic report on protests shows how much info our phones give away

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you marched in recent Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Minneapolis or New York, there’s a chance the mobile analytics company Mobilewalla gleaned demographic data from your cellphone use. Last week, Mobilewalla released a repor...

Facebook will share new independent privacy reports with the FTC

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s no secret that Facebook has a less than stellar track record when it comes to privacy matters, and in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — which cost the company a cool $5 billion — the platform has been making a concerted effort t...

Airbnb agrees to hand over hosts’ data to settle its NYC lawsuit

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For two years, Airbnb has been battling a New York City bill that would force short-term rental services to hand over data about hosts. Friday, Airbnb agreed to share that data. The two sides reached a settlement with compromises that Airbnb says pro...

Facebook now lets everyone export media to Google Photos

Posted on 04/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You no longer have to wonder whether or not you can transfer Facebook pictures and videos to Google Photos. The company’s Alexandru Voica has revealed that everyone worldwide now has access to a tool that sends media to Google’s cloud service. As bef...

Canada fines Facebook almost $6.5 million over ‘false’ data privacy claims

Posted on 20/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is coughing up for another fine. This time the social network is handing over CAD$9 million (US$6.5 million / £5.3 million) to Canada as part of a settlement over the way it handled users’ personal information between August 2012 and June 20...

Ukraine catches hacker who tried to sell 773 million stolen email addresses

Posted on 19/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) announced that it has detained the hacker, known as Sanix, who caused a stir last year for trying to sell a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords. Officials say that 87-...

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