Meghan Markle ‘co-operated’ with Finding Freedom authors, claim lawyers in latest privacy battle

Meghan Markle discussed the contents of a letter to her estranged father with the Kensington Palace communications team before she sent it because she ‘was considering using it as ‘part of a media strategy’, the High Court was told.  Meghan has been accused of extensively ‘collaborating’ with the authors of explosive royal biography Finding Freedom, … Read more

Google starts rolling out Android 11 update including privacy controls

Google starts rolling out Android 11 update to OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo and RealMe phones featuring new privacy controls and a screen-recording tool Updated operating system offers users more control over their privacy settings  Can now grant access to certain aspects of the phone just once, not always Also introduced new features to make conversations on … Read more

Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS 14 privacy update, saying changes limit its ability to target ads

Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS 14 privacy update, saying the changes limit its ability to target iPhone owners with personalized ads Apple’s iOS 14 will block companies from tracking users on other apps Facebook hit back saying this will limit its ability to target iPhone users with ads  Facebook uses  a device’s unique identifier to follow their … Read more

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford ‘buys golf course to build new home in search of privacy’

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford ‘acquires his own golf course to build new home in search of more privacy as he buys greenfield site’ Marcus Rashford currently lives in a £1.85million six-bed home in Cheshire But the Manchester United striker has now splashed out on a greenfield site  The England international is reportedly looking for … Read more

CCTV images of racist attack suspects BLURRED for ‘privacy’

Police force is ridiculed for releasing CCTV images of suspects wanted for racist attack on 15-year-old boy with faces blurred out to protect THEIR privacy Derbyshire Police are hunting two males and two females after attack on June 29 Force issued CCTV images of suspects but blurred their faces with white blobs Police defended decision, … Read more

Facebook Inc takes EU to court for invading employees’ privacy

Facebook takes the EU to court – for invasion of privacy! Regulator ‘overstepped the scope when quizzing employees as part of anti-trust probe’ Facebook is suing the European Union for ‘invading the privacy of employees’  The social media giant alleges EU regulators asked broad questions, beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust investigations   Facebook lawyer … Read more

Predator loses Supreme Court battle after claiming vigilante paedophile hunters breached his PRIVACY

Sexual predator loses Supreme Court battle after claiming vigilante paedophile hunters breached his PRIVACY when they caught him grooming ’13-year-old girl’ online Mark Sutherland was convicted in August 2018 of attempting to groom children It came after evidence from a paedophile hunter group was handed to the police Sutherland brought a Supreme Court challenge arguing … Read more

DNC and RNC warn staffers against using TikTok over privacy concerns and ties to China

US Democratic and Republican National Committees warn staffers against using TikTok over privacy concerns and ties to Chinese government The DNC and RNC have warned party members and staffers against using TikTok Both parties are citing privacy concerns as their reason TikTok is owned by the China-based ByteDance and has come under scrutiny for sending … Read more

Apple reveals macOS Big Sur, with new privacy features and the ‘biggest update to Safari ever’ 

As part of a massive reveal at the 2020 World Wide Developers Conference, Apple announced a range of new features in macOS Big Sur, the company’s next major update to its laptop and desktop operating system.  macOS Big Sur is scheduled for release this fall and according to Apple’s Craig Federighi will bring ‘unmatched levels … Read more

Privacy row erupts over plan to log thousands of innocent Britons’ DNA on controversial EU database 

Privacy row erupts over plan to log thousands of innocent Britons’ DNA on controversial EU database Tens of thousands of innocent Britons DNA will be placed on an EU database  Home Office said it would share samples of people never charged with offences  UK currently only holds records from swabs of those convicted of a … Read more