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privacy
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EU Age Verification under scrutiny as transparency questions remain
The European Commission’s DG CONNECT disclosed nine documents in response to an access-to-documents request, but all were already…
UK pushes for tougher age checks as TikTok faces investigation
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, is demanding stronger age verification measures from social media platforms ahead of a…
US Supreme Court ruling threatens EU-US data transfers
A new US Supreme Court ruling questions the independence of the FTC, undermining a key legal pillar of…
Digital wallets are the new trust infrastructure for the digital economy
The World Bank argues that digital wallets represent a fundamental shift from siloed digital identity, data-sharing, and payment…
Global privacy alarm raised for AI without consent
On 23 February 2026, a coalition led by the Global Privacy Assembly warned about AI systems generating realistic…
Starmer bets big on Digital ID revolution
UK PM Keir Starmer is preparing to unveil a nationwide digital ID scheme at the Labour Party conference.…
Austria deals blow to “Pay or Okay” consent model
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court confirmed that DerStandard’s “Pay or Okay” model breaches the GDPR. Users had to…
When privacy becomes training data
Researchers found millions of passports, credit cards, résumés, and faces in DataComp CommonPool, a massive AI training dataset…
The alarming truth behind insecure video doorbells
A recent investigation by Consumer Reports revealed serious security flaws in certain video doorbells, allowing unauthorized access to…
Your fertility, your data, or your body our data?
Unfair, unsafe – and also often unclear to women using fertility apps, just what is really going on…