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TikTok caught secretly spying on millions of iPhone users
By David Gargaro published
News Apple iOS apps can read the last thing copied to clipboard
Northern Ireland to launch own contact-tracing app
By Sabina Weston published
News The app will be based on the Apple-Google API and will be made available to the public in the coming weeks
Immunity passports: What do we really know about the ‘risk-free certificate’?
By Sabina Weston published
In-depth Proponents say they’re a gateway to reopening the country post-lockdown, but could they be a Pandora’s box of sensitive data?
Google will automatically delete user activity data after 18 months
By Sabina Weston published
News Auto-delete update comes as Google pledges “to keep less data by default”
84% of Brits worry contact-tracing data will be misused
By Sabina Weston published
News But UK citizens are still willing to give up data in order to help tackle the pandemic
Facebook dealt data collection blow in landmark antitrust case
By Carly Page published
News Germany's top court says the social network is "abusing its dominant position" to collect excessive user data
Apple doubles down on privacy with iOS 14 and macOS 11
By Carly Page published
News WWDC saw the introduction of a number of new security-focused features for iPhone, iPad, and MacBook users
UK gov abandons contact-tracing app in favour of Apple-Google API
By Sabina Weston published
News The U-turn follows the appointment of former Apple general manager Simon Thompson as project lead
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