Tag Archives: Privacy

Microsoft Edge feature "Follow creators" sends nerly all visited website URLs to Bing API

Posted on 2023-04-27 by guenni

[German]There are reports, that the Microsoft Edge browser is  transmit the URLs of all websites visited by the user to the API of Microsoft's search engine Bing. The "Follow creators" feature, which is now being rolled out more broadly for … Continue reading →

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European Data Protection Day 2023

Posted on 2023-01-28 by guenni

[German]Today, January 28, 2023, is European Data Protection Day. It's a day of action for data protection launched on the initiative of the Council of Europe. It has been celebrated annually around January 28 since 2007. This date was chosen … Continue reading →

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France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over Bing cookies

Posted on 2022-12-24 by guenni

[German]French CNIL issued a fine of 60 million euros against Microsoft Ireland on December 19, 2022. It is about the fact that Microsoft (in the Bing search engine) had not set up a mechanism that allows to reject cookies as … Continue reading →

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Free Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace banned from France's schools

Posted on 2022-11-23 by guenni

[German]The French Ministry of Education has banned the use of free office solutions with US cloud connections such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace in French schools. The reason given for this is data protection concerns, as the offerings in … Continue reading →

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Data protection commissioner of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) considers US President Biden's Executive Order for a data protection agreement "Privacy Shield 2.0" with European Union as insufficient

Posted on 2022-10-28 by guenni

[German]On October 7, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden launched the new data protection agreement with the European Union, referred to here as "Privacy Shield 2.0", by means of an Executive Order. The aim: to clear the legal way for data … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Facebook tracking pixel causes data leak at US health care system, 3 million patients affected

Posted on 2022-10-26 by guenni

[German]A new case from a US healthcare platform showing how critical tracking pixels from social media platforms can be. Advocate Aurora Health, a large nonprofit operator of healthcare facilities in the Midwestern U.S., had to inform its patients that sensitive … Continue reading →

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US President Biden signs Executive Order for "Privacy Shield 2.0" data protection agreement

Posted on 2022-10-09 by guenni

[German]On October 7, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden launched the new data protection agreement with the European Union, referred to here as "Privacy Shield 2.0," by means of an Executive Order (E.O.). This is intended to clear the legal way … Continue reading →

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Court documents show how Google monitors users despite rejected tracking

Posted on 2022-09-15 by guenni

[German]A recent lawsuit filed by the Arizona Attorney General against technology company Google shows that the company continues to track users who have declined location tracking anyway. Thus, IP addresses of Google users served to obtain accurate location information and … Continue reading →

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Tesla vehicle data collection

Posted on 2022-08-14 by guenni

IEEESpectrum is planning a short series of reports examining Tesla's collection and use of data from its customers' vehicles. Part 1 will summarize what is known about what data Tesla collects and uploads to its servers. Advertising

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Data protection: Microsoft 365 banned in Germany's Baden-Württemberg's schools by summer 2022

Posted on 2022-04-26 by guenni

[German]The use of Microsoft 365 at schools in German state of Baden-Württemberg has been banned after the summer 2022. Schools must offer suitable alternatives for students and teachers. This is pointed out by the State Commissioner for Data Protection and … Continue reading →

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