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Avast to acquire self-sovereign identity firm Evernym
News The acquisition will help Avast enhance its decentralized identity solutions
A third of UK workers are surveilled by employers
News The sharp rise in surveillance comes as it's revealed webcam monitoring has more than doubled
Scottish schools serve up facial recognition for school dinners
News COVID, quicker payments and better security are all cited as reasons for ditching cards and fingerprints in favour of the new system
Senators urge FTC to enforce child privacy laws
News Lawmakers wrote to the FTC Commissioner, asking her to enforce new child protection measures
Are you over-sharing online?
In-depth You’re almost certainly leaking more information online than you realise. We explore the steps you can take to downsize your online footprint
ESign Genie adds fraud detection to its digital signature software
News New identity verification solution mandates Social Security number for signing digital forms
Senators quiz Amazon on palm scanning tech
News Lawmakers fret about the privacy implications of Amazon One
AWS shuts down NSO Group infrastructure
News The Israeli company’s Pegasus spyware was used to target at least 50,000 mobile phones
