In the News

• Canada watchdog probing X's use of personal data in AI models' training
  2/27/25 – Reuters
• Apple faces likely French antitrust fine for privacy tool, sources say
  2/27/25 – Reuters
• US national security director condemns UK request for Apple data ‘backdoor’
  2/26/25 – The Guardian
• Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing Student Data
  2/25/25 – Inside Higher Ed
• To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data
  2/25/25 – The New York Times
• States Consider App-Store Age-Verification Laws
  2/25/25 – The Wall Street Journal
• Judge: US gov’t violated privacy law by disclosing personal data to DOGE
  2/25/25 – Ars Technica
• Judge blocks Musk agency access to millions of Americans’ personal data
  2/24/25 – The Guardian
• Missouri lawmaker proposes registry of pregnant women ‘at risk’ for abortions
  2/22/25 – The Guardian
• When There’s No School Counselor, There’s a Bot
  2/22/25 – The Wall Street Journal
• Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
  2/21/25 – BBC News
• OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of A.I.-Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool
  2/21/25 – The New York Times
• Apple drops encryption feature for UK users after government reportedly demanded backdoor access
  2/21/25 – AP News
• OpenAI Bans Accounts Appearing to Work on a Surveillance Tool
  2/21/25 – Bloomberg
• Australian children able to bypass age limit set by social media platforms, report shows
  2/20/25 – Reuters
• Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger
  2/19/25 – Computer Weekly
• The Trump administration has dismantled boards working in privacy and civil liberties
  2/19/25 – The Texas Standard
• Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government
  2/19/25 – The New York Times
• Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims
  2/19/25 – The Guardian
• DeepSeek 'shared user data' with TikTok owner ByteDance
  2/18/25 – BBC News
• Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns
  2/17/25 – AP News
• S Korea removes Deepseek from app stores over privacy concerns
  2/17/25 – BBC News
• Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
  2/15/25 – BBC News
• US politicians furious at UK demand for encrypted Apple data
  2/13/25 – BBC News
• Italian government denies it spied on journalists and migrant activists using Paragon spyware
  2/13/25 – AP News