Tag: Privacy
Instagram, Tiktok and Clubhouse in the sights of data protection authorities
Berlin The Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber has expressed concerns about the use of the social networks Instagram, Tiktok and Clubhouse in federal authorities. “In cooperation with the Federal…
Big Tech invests massively in image campaigns
New York, Washington “From Army Veteran to Astrophysicist” is written in white letters above a photo of a soldier holding the US flag. On the next page is the same…
48 US Attorneys General are appealing
Logo of Facebook and Meta Facebook has bought the services Instagram and WhatsApp to protect its monopoly in online networks in an unfair way, so the allegation. (Photo: Reuters) new…
48 US Attorneys General are appealing
new York After the US government was able to bring its competition lawsuit against Facebook to court, dozens of states are not letting up. Forty-eight state and territory attorneys general…
What will happen to WhatsApp and Instagram?
Logos from Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram Facebook bought Instagram for around $ 1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for around $ 22 billion in 2014. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The competition…
European Parliament fails due to data protection – warning to companies
European Parliament in Brussels Parliament violated the rules that it helped to develop. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Data of European citizens cannot simply be stored in the USA. This is stated…
Luca app: police access alerts data protection officers
Berlin, Düsseldorf Access by the Mainz police to personal data from the Luca contact tracking app met with sharp criticism. The officials had used data from visitors to a restaurant…
China is leading the way in tech regulation
Chinese smartphone user More rights against big tech – especially for the state. (Photo: LAM YIK FEI / The New York Times / R / Redux / laif) For a…
China regulates algorithms by law
Regulation in China Algorithms are the magic weapon of internet platforms. (Photo: Stone / Getty Images) Dusseldorf Governments around the world are looking for ways to regulate the power of…
How the EU wants to create a new social media world
DSA The Danish social democrat Christel Schaldemose is responsible for the Digital Services Act in the European Parliament. (Photo: action press) Brussels The European Parliament wants to adopt its position…
Israel’s cyber industry is on the brink and is now being sanctioned
Jerusalem The software “Pegasus”, developed by the Israeli cyber company NSO, has been in great demand for years because it is considered to be one of the world’s most efficient…
What Germany can learn from digital Finland
Digital health communication A Corona app was also built into the Kanta system. (Photo: dpa) Berlin While the new health minister, Karl Lauterbach, has just postponed the start of the…
Data protection advocate warns of rushing the national vaccination register
Berlin The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection, Ulrich Kelber, has warned against the hasty establishment of a national Corona vaccination register for the central collection of vaccination data. “Politicians should…
Booster shows high effectiveness against the omicron variant
Vaccination with Moderna vaccine in New York According to the manufacturer, the vaccine also shows good effectiveness against the Omikron variant. (Photo: Reuters) new York According to study data, the…
Booster shows high effectiveness against the omicron variant
Vaccination with Moderna vaccine in New York According to the manufacturer, the vaccine also shows good effectiveness against the Omikron variant. (Photo: Reuters) new York A third dose of Moderna’s…
AI researcher Zweig wants to take the data away from tech companies
Dusseldorf Whether when shopping online, doing research or communicating with friends: Internet users leave vast amounts of data everywhere on the Internet. Tech companies analyze this data with the help…
Attacks on companies and government agencies begin
Attack on the data The security hole in the Java library Log4j calls for criminals. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A week ago a vulnerability in the popular programming language Java became…
Chinese companies end up on the US blacklist
Dusseldorf As of Thursday, the US government plans to put eight Chinese companies on the US Treasury’s investment blacklist. That comes from a report of the “Financial Times”. The companies…
Java library Log4j: Federal Office warns of security holes
security breach The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) sounds the alarm about a software vulnerability. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Many IT departments have to work extra shifts this weekend: A…
Court overturns US extradition request
Julian Assange The Wikileaks founder could now be extradited. (Photo: dpa) London An appeals court in London has overturned the rejection of the US extradition request for Julian Assange. A…