US tech giant Apple has announced that it’s launching a crackdown on apps that track iPhone users. It’s revealed a new feature called App Tracking Transparency that will come into force in the spring with an upcoming release of iOS 14. App Tracking Transparency will require all apps to get the user’s permission before tracking their … Read more
The head of the UK’s data privacy watchdog has told MPs she can see the benefit of Covid-19 immunity passports, but warned they could pose data privacy risks and create a ‘two-tier’ society based on who has had the jab. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MPs such a system would raise concerns about how health … Read more
Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app, following a poorly explained update to the terms and conditions. Rival apps have gained many of these disgruntled users, with new figures shared by the UK parliament’s home affairs committee showing that Signal gained 7.5 million users in the first three weeks of … Read more
Meghan Markle asks High Court judge to decide privacy claim over publication of ‘private, personal and sensitive’ letter to her father without proceeding to full trial Duchess is suing the publisher of The Mail on Sunday after it published extracts Justin Rushbooke QC, for the duchess, said it was a ‘triple-barrelled’ assault Lawyers for the … Read more
State school heads are blocking teachers from hosting live online lessons, claiming that streaming classes from their homes is an invasion of privacy. As schools closed under new coronavirus restrictions, some teachers took to social media to complain it was ‘off-putting’ having parents observe them at work. Last night, anxious parents demanded state schools ramp … Read more
A mother who was filmed being evicted as part of the hit show ‘Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away’ has launched a High Court privacy battle against Channel 5. The woman is suing the broadcaster for up to £100,000 over the tactics and techniques used in filming the popular fly-on-the-wall programme – which follows bailiffs … Read more
Facebook takes advantage of Brexit to move all UK users onto US privacy agreements – which offer fewer protections and increase the risk of surveillance UK Facebook customers will be moved over to US-based user agreements This will happen next year after Brexit and will see UK users lose protections EU’s digital privacy laws are … Read more
Apple is requiring developers to include privacy ‘nutritional labels’ with apps that disclose what type of user data is collected The labels help users see developers’ practices before downloading an app Labels show if apps record users’ browsing history or location, among other data Some data-gathering is exempt, like info in optional feedback forms The new … Read more
Meghan Markle’s high-stakes privacy case has been delayed until next October – despite concerns raised by her father that he might die before it takes place. Thomas Markle revealed that he suffers from heart and lung problems and wants to get the case ‘over with as quickly as possible,’ because he ‘could die tomorrow.’ However, … Read more
Meghan Markle bids to postpone her High Court privacy action trial over letter to her estranged father Thomas published by the Mail On Sunday Duchess of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Ltd over August 2018 article MoS reproduced parts of handwritten letter sent to 76-year-old Thomas Markle Hearing to consider costs and case management issues … Read more