PPC LandItaly fined Intesa Sanpaolo 17.6M for profiling 2.4M bank customers: Italy's Garante fined Intesa Sanpaolo 17.6M euros for secretly profiling 2.4 million bank customers to select them for the Isybank transfer, violating GDPR. https://ppc.land/italy-fined-intesa-sanpaolo-17-6m-for-profiling-2-4m-bank-customers/ #IntesaSanpaolo #GDPR #PrivacyProtection #DataBreach #BankingSector
EU spent millions building an age verification app nobody has to use: European Commission today adopted a recommendation pushing EU Member States to deploy anonymous, privacy-preserving age verification apps by 31 December 2026. https://ppc.land/eu-spent-millions-building-an-age-verification-app-nobody-has-to-use/ #EUAgeVerification #DigitalPrivacy #PrivacyProtection #EuropeanCommission #DigitalSafety
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EFF files deceptive trade complaint against Google over ICE data handover: The EFF filed complaints with California and New York AGs on April 14, 2026, accusing Google of handing a student's data to ICE without prior notice, breaking a decade-long promise. https://ppc.land/eff-files-deceptive-trade-complaint-against-google-over-ice-data-handover/ #PrivacyProtection #GoogleDataBreach #EFF #DataPrivacy #ICE
NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds [Unofficial]Trend Micro introduces TrendLife for families trying to survive the AI era
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/trendlife-ai-family-security/
FYI: Brave blocks your ads and sells its own - and it's working: Brave browser grew from 80M to 109M monthly active users while selling its own ads after blocking publishers' - Jean-Paul Schmetz explains the model in detail. https://ppc.land/brave-blocks-your-ads-and-sells-its-own-and-its-working/ #BraveBrowser #AdBlocking #DigitalMarketing #PrivacyProtection #OnlineAds
Hacker News301M Records Exposed: The HIPAA Breach Epidemic
https://ciphercue.com/blog/hipaa-breach-epidemic-301-million-records
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ICYMI: Meta's Messenger gets a cryptographic shield nobody asked about - but everyone needed: Meta yesterday detailed the cryptography and confidential computing architecture behind Advanced Browsing Protection in Messenger, a tool that scans malicious links inside end-to-end encrypted chats without exposing user URLs to its own servers. https://ppc.land/metas-messenger-gets-a-cryptographic-shield-nobody-asked-about-but-everyone-needed/ #Meta #Messenger #Cryptography #CyberSecurity #PrivacyProtection
Meta's Messenger gets a cryptographic shield nobody asked about - but everyone needed
Meta yesterday detailed the cryptography and confidential computing architecture behind Advanced Browsing Protection in Messenger, a tool that scans malicious links inside end-to-end encrypted chats without exposing user URLs to its own servers.
FYI: FTC gives age verification tech a COPPA enforcement shield: FTC's February 25, 2026 COPPA policy statement shields platforms collecting kids' data for age verification from enforcement - what it means for digital advertising. https://ppc.land/ftc-gives-age-verification-tech-a-coppa-enforcement-shield/ #COPPA #FTC #AgeVerification #DigitalAdvertising #PrivacyProtection
