Jim Waterson reports: The government will next week confirm the launch date for a UK-wide age block on online pornography as privacy campaigners continue to raise concerns about how websites and age verification companies will use the data they collect. The plan for implementing the long-delayed age block, which has [Read More…]
March 12, 2019 – With increased tracking of children and teens online and the collection their personal data a widespread practice, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced legislation to update children’s online privacy rules for the 21st century. The legislation updates the Children’s Online Privacy [Read More…]
Zack Whittaker reports: Russia has told internet providers to enforce a block against encrypted email provider ProtonMail, the company’s chief has confirmed. The block was ordered by the state Federal Security Service, formerly the KGB, according to a Russian-language blog, which obtained and published the order after the agency accused [Read More…]
Wendy Davis reports: Take-it-or-leave-it privacy policies that require people to accept tracking cookies in order to access a website are illegal, Dutch regulators said this week. “Thorough monitoring and analysis of the behavior of website visitors and the sharing of this information with other parties is only allowed with permission. That [Read More…]