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Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €825 Million for Firing Drivers by Algorithm
Europe's largest-ever GDPR fine was handed to Uber after the Dutch data protection watchdog found that an automated system suspended driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human ever checking whether the decision was right.
Can you actually stay private online? The case for separate digital identities
Reusing the same email, phone number and card everywhere hands data brokers and criminals a ready-made profile. Compartmentalising your identity blunts that.
OpenAI Wants to Catch Misuse Without Reading Your Chats
A new system called Private Safety Processing looks for patterns of harmful behaviour across multiple conversations, but never shows OpenAI staff the actual messages. Here is what that means, and why it matters.
IAM Compliance: What the Rules Actually Require, and How to Prove It
Regulators increasingly expect continuous evidence that identity controls work, not just paperwork saying they exist.
The EU's New Brussels Team Will Police AI Deepfakes and Label Chatbot Content
Europe's AI Act is bringing mandatory labelling for AI-generated content and a dedicated enforcement unit to Brussels. Here is what that means for anyone who reads news, uses chatbots, or runs a business online.
Your Bank May Be Sending Your Loan Details to TikTok Without Knowing It
New research finds that tracking tools baked into banking websites are quietly forwarding customers' personal and financial data to advertising platforms, sometimes before anyone clicks 'accept cookies'.
When 80,000 fans log on at once: the cybersecurity headache facing 2026 World Cup stadiums
Tens of thousands of personal phones on one network, payment terminals, body cameras on referees, and sensors inside match balls. Stadium IT teams face a security puzzle that has no clean solution.
Lidl Customers in Three Countries Warned After Supplier Breach Exposes Personal Data
The German discount chain says a file at an outside IT provider was raided, spilling names, phone numbers and dates of birth for online shoppers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Generate Photos of Instagram Users Without Telling Them
Meta Muse Image AI lets anyone tag a public Instagram account and produce AI-generated images using that person's face. Affected users get no notification at all.
Accenture Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims Source Code Was Stolen
The consulting giant says the incident is contained and caused no disruption, but a hacker has publicly claimed to have taken internal source code.
GDPR Turns Ten: A Decade of Fines, Frustration, and Unfinished Business
Six billion euros in penalties later, Europe's data regulation has reshaped corporate behavior — and created a compliance burden that companies say is quietly strangling AI development on the continent.
Google to Harvest UK and EU IP Addresses for Ad Targeting Starting August 2026
The same signal Google once branded a privacy red flag becomes a measurement tool, just as the ICO sharpens its consent rules.
Meta Expands Off-Platform Data Use to Feed Ranking and AI Chatbot Replies
Activity shared by third-party businesses — already feeding ad targeting — will now shape what users see in their feeds and how Meta AI answers their questions.
GDPR Fines and the Looming AI Regulation Battle
As AI tech faces scrutiny, GDPR's enforcement lessons underline the coming regulatory challenges.
Account Takeover Flaw in Pretalx CFP Tool Let Attackers Accept Any Conference Talk
An account takeover vulnerability in the open-source call-for-papers platform Pretalx could allow an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate submission outcomes, researchers at Novee have found.