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# privacy - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
World's first legal challenge over police use of facial recognition tech to be taken to appeals court
Ed Bridges says his face was scanned while doing Christmas shopping in 2017 and at a protest in 2018.
# privacy - Monday 28 October, 2019
Bale requests Real Madrid do not publish medical records
The Welshman’s future remains a topic of discussion after he exercised his right to personal privacy over his latest lay-off.
# privacy - Friday 4 October, 2019
Facebook warned that new privacy rules could aid terrorism and child abuse
The social media network has been dogged by several privacy scandals in recent years.
# privacy - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
Facebook launches new privacy tool to limit data-scraping from third-party websites and apps
The tool was first announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last year.
# privacy - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
Facebook paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from Messenger users
Facebook said audio snippets reviewed by contractors were masked so as not to reveal anyone’s identity.
# privacy - Sunday 4 August, 2019
'A gross violation': Asylum seekers say post is being opened without consent
Residents in Direct Provision centres have claimed the practice is commonplace.
# privacy - Saturday 13 July, 2019
Facebook set for $5 billion fine in the US over privacy and data protection failings
It’ll be the largest penalty ever imposed by the US Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations.
# privacy - Monday 1 July, 2019
Cliff Richard launches campaign calling for anonymity for sexual offence suspects
Police raided Richard’s home in 2014 during an investigation into a sexual assault claim.
# privacy - Thursday 27 June, 2019
Privacy champion Johnny Ryan is on a mission to clean up 'dirty adtech'
The chief policy officer at privacy-focused web browser Brave recently testified before US senators.
# privacy - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
La Liga fined €250,000 for accessing users' microphones and locations on its smartphone app
Spanish football’s top league was reportedly attempting to detect pubs and bars that were illegally showing matches.
# privacy - Sunday 19 May, 2019
Tens of thousands of Irish users' emails and phone numbers were exposed in last year's Facebook hack
Confidential emails from the social networking giant reveal the local fallout of the September attack.
# privacy - Monday 18 February, 2019
'Digital gangsters' at Facebook knowingly violated data privacy and 'bullied' other tech companies
A report by the UK government has examined the tech giant’s role in spreading fake news.
# privacy - Friday 1 February, 2019
Apple fixes bug that allowed FaceTime users to listen to a person before they answer call
In some cases, users could also watch a person before they answered the FaceTime call.
# privacy - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
Bug allows Facetime users to listen to and, in some cases, watch a person before they answer call
Apple is working to fix the issue.
# privacy - Monday 21 January, 2019
Timeline: The Public Services Card saga
Last week the Data Protection Commissioner said it will not publish its report in full, following an investigation into the rollout of the cards – which experts claim breaches data protection laws.
# privacy - Thursday 6 December, 2018
Employee seen taking breaks on CCTV used in 'Isis' graffiti investigation had rights breached, court told
It was argued that the use of data arising from a criminal investigation breached Cormac Doolin’s data protection rights.
# privacy - Monday 3 December, 2018
Union fears privatisation as Bus Éireann routes 101, 101x and 133 to be put out to tender
The NTA first announced its intentions to put routes up for competitive tender in October.
# privacy - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
'Unjustified invasion of privacy': New Zealand customs given power to demand access to your device
Border guards now have the power to demand your passwords and pins to open your smartphone.
# privacy - Friday 28 September, 2018
Facebook says that up to 50 million of its accounts have been breached
The social media giant says the breach is something that is “incredibly important”.
# privacy - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
Google records people's movements even when told not to
The privacy issue affects some two billion Android users and hundreds of millions of iPhone users worldwide.
# privacy - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
Cliff Richard wins €235,000 court case against the BBC
The action was taken over the BBC’s decision to broadcast a police raid on Richard’s home in 2014.
# privacy - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
Tiger Woods reportedly planning to stay on his $20m super-yacht during US Open
Woods, 42, will be chasing his fourth US Open title at Shinnecock Hills next week.
# privacy - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
WhatsApp bans under 16s from using its app in Europe
The previous minimum age was 13 years old.
# privacy - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
Facebook rolls out major privacy changes for ads, personal info and facial recognition
Many of the changes are being put in place to comply with the EU’s new GDPR directive that comes into effect next month.
# privacy - Thursday 12 April, 2018
EU-US data deal on the line as High Court refers Facebook case to European court
The High Court today set out a number of questions which the European court must answer.
# privacy - Friday 6 April, 2018
Facebook to create thousands of jobs making the site 'more accountable and transparent'
To get authorised by Facebook, “advertisers will need to confirm their identity and location,” the statement said.
# privacy - Monday 2 April, 2018
Zuckerberg says Facebook needs 'a few years' to fix data privacy issues
He rejected criticism of Apple’s Tim Cook who argued Facebook got into trouble because it was so focused on monetising people’s data.
'They knew I wasn't going to go away' - State in second climbdown as adopted man finally receives PSC eight months later
The man has long maintained that, in being denied a PSC because he refused to get an adoption certificate, he was in effect being discriminated against.
# privacy - Wednesday 21 March, 2018
Poll: Will you change your behaviour online because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal?
It has been reported in recent days that Cambridge Analytica allegedly collected information from 50 million Facebook users.
# privacy - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner "following up" with Facebook over Cambridge Analytica
The London based firm has been credited with helping Donald Trump win the 2016 US Presidential election.
Explainer: What is Cambridge Analytica? The firm at the heart of Facebook's alleged data breach
The communication firm is accused of stealing information from 50 million Facebook users’ profiles.
# privacy - Sunday 18 February, 2018
The government wants to exempt itself from the EU's new hardcore data protection rules - but why?
A new Data Protection Act has to be in place before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live in May – but the Irish state seems in no mood to align itself with Europe on the issue.
# privacy - Thursday 8 February, 2018
'We are trying to sound the alarm' - committee hears Public Services Card is a legal ticking time bomb
The Public Services Card was discussed for the first time in an Oireachtas forum at the Social Protection committee today.
# privacy - Monday 29 January, 2018
Facebook is making privacy settings easier to find ahead of strict new EU law
The social media giant has published its privacy principles for the first time.
Poll: Do you worry about your online privacy?
Facebook is set to publish educational videos to help people better manage their privacy settings.
# privacy - Thursday 9 November, 2017
'Ireland is not immune to the threat of digital surveillance against journalists'
Just last year the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission accessed the telephone records of certain journalists during an investigation, writes Elizabeth Farries.
# privacy - Tuesday 3 October, 2017
High Court refers Facebook data case to Europe
The case taken by Austrian privacy lawyer Max Schrems is against Facebook’s transfer of personal data from Europe to the US.
# privacy - Sunday 30 July, 2017
Tapes of Princess Diana discussing her failed marriage to air next month
Channel 4 has planned the broadcast for next month – but those who were close to Diana say the tapes will cause distress.
# privacy - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
EU and Canada's attempts to fight terrorism by sharing airline passenger details deemed illegal
The deal cannot be passed as it breaches privacy laws.
# privacy - Saturday 1 July, 2017
Do you know how to protect your child on social media apps?
Concerns over children’s safety online were raised this week following Snapchat’s latest update.
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Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
MESSAGING APP WhatsApp today introduced new measures to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
The move will see messages, including video content and images, restricted from being forwarded to more than one person in one go.
The app previously allowed messages to be forwarded to up to five people in one go but with the large volumes of misinformation around Covid-19 being circulated, the company, which is owned by Facebook has moved to restrict forwarding.
Other social media companies have also tried to combat misinformation on their platforms by including links to the World Health Organisation and the HSE.
So today, we’re asking: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
Poll Results:
Yes (4638)
No (875)
I'm not sure (175)
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'Nefarious actors are at the root of Covid-19 fake news - and they are part of dangerous geo-political games'
By Billy Kelleher - @BillyKelleherTD
GOAL: We hope to learn lessons from the west when tackling any African Covid-19 outbreak
By Dr Enida Friel
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
Brid Smith: 'We need to take on the market forces that are profiteering from this pandemic'
By Brid Smith - @bridsmith
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