Widely Used Browser Extensions Selling User Data
Dozens of browser extensions openly sell user data via privacy policy disclosures
Privacy concerns how laws and norms govern personal data, shaping cybersecurity duties for collection, storage, access, and disclosure.
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Privacy is the ability of people to control how information about them is collected, used, retained, and disclosed. In technical and legal contexts, it covers identifiable data and data that can support inferences about a person, not only information made public. Privacy rules and organizational policies commonly address purpose, transparency, access, correction, retention, and sharing.
For security practitioners, privacy depends on reducing unnecessary data and restricting legitimate access: data minimization, encryption, least-privilege controls, segregation of identifiers, retention limits, and audit logs all reduce exposure. Compromised credentials, misconfigured storage, excessive telemetry, or third-party access can reveal sensitive information; pseudonymized datasets may also be re-identified when combined with other data. During an incident, teams must establish what personal data was accessed or disclosed, contain further exposure, preserve evidence, and meet applicable notification and handling requirements.
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Dozens of browser extensions openly sell user data via privacy policy disclosures
The UK’s ICO has fined Reddit over £14m for failing to use children’s personal information lawfully
Android 17 Beta introduces privacy, security updates and a new Canary channel for improved development
UK Data Protection Watchdog has “serious concerns” over data privacy on Elon Musk’s social platform
ISACA’s State of Privacy 2026 report reveals that data privacy teams remain understaffed and underfunded, despite growing regulatory demands and rising technical privacy challenges
California privacy regulator, the CPPA, is cracking down on data brokers trading personal data without authorization
A new study by Zimperium has revealed serious risks in free VPN apps, exposing users to privacy threats and security flaws
A massive IPTV privacy network has been uncovered distributing unlicensed content from major brands including Apple TV, Disney+, HBO, Netflix and more
Agentic AI systems could threaten security and data privacy, unless organizations test each model and component
Regeneron, which intends to acquire 23andMe for $256m, says data security and privacy will be a priority
Alongside its new Meta AI app, Facebook’s parent company launched several new products to help secure open-source AI applications
ISACA London Chapter members demand e-voting system investigation over security and privacy concerns
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission is blocking DeepSeek AI downloads over privacy concerns
Security and privacy experts have questioned a new demand from the UK Home Office on Apple’s encrypted iCloud service
Government agencies and privacy watchdogs have started investigating the Chinese AI chatbot provider over data privacy concerns
Security experts have outlined security and privacy concerns around the UK government’s GOV.UK Wallet, which will allow citizens to store all their ID documents in a single place
ISACA research claims privacy budgets are set to decline further in 2025
Apple has agreed to a $95m settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging Siri privacy violations, with eligible users receiving up to $20 per Siri-enabled device
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned that millions of Brits don’t know how to erase personal data from their old devices
The UK’s privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling