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06/06/2026

U.S. lawmakers have introduced the "Email Privacy Act", which would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant in order to access "emails and other electronic information stored with third-party services":

What does Email Privacy Act (H.R. 9016) actually do? Read our simplified breakdown of this bill.

05/06/2026

New research has revealed that WhatsApp chat histories may be stored unencrypted on both macOS and iOS devices, prompting even more privacy concern about the supposedly E2EE app:

WhatsApp chat histories on macOS and iOS may be stored unencrypted, raising concerns over local data exposure and app-level access risks.

04/06/2026

Companies in the US and UK are "AI washing" and attempting to "describe themselves as AI specialists in an attempt to capitalise on the buzz around the technology":

PR executives say UK companies are forcing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence

03/06/2026

Other providers offer a "free tier" that doesn't actually let you have the full experience: severely limited storage, no features, no support whatsoever. We offer a trial where you can utilize EVERY feature and get the full experience.

02/06/2026

A woman's private conversations on a therapy app have been exposed in court and used against her, prompting concerns about how the digitization of mental healthcare can cause risks to privacy and more:

Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.

31/05/2026

Users report that Google's AI has publicly revealed their personal and contact information, and experts say that there's no easy way to prevent it from doing that:

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.

31/05/2026

So what if your "free" email provider sends a bunch of spam and ads to your inbox? You can just delete them, right? It's not that simple. Your email provider sold your personal data so that someone could target you with that ad. Also, email ads are FULL of trackers, spyware, and other ways to monitor you.

30/05/2026

Starting on August 1st, the chair of the Dutch data protection authority AP will be a corporate lawyer who has worked to defend social media giants like Meta and TikTok:

Geert Potjewijd, a corporate lawyer who spent decades defending big tech companies like Meta and TikTok against privacy claims, will become chair of the Dutch data protection authority AP from August 1. The AP is the independent regulator that checks whether companies and government bodies handle pe...

29/05/2026

OpenAI now wants users to give ChatGPT access to their bank accounts:

What could go wrong?

28/05/2026

Meta employees are protesting after the company decided to start tracking their mouse movements to train AI models:

Flyers at U.S. ‌offices ​encouraged staffers to sign an online petition against the move.