In April 2026, Meta announced the company’s next step: The installation of a tracking software on its employees’ desktops to train its AI. Is this already the end of privacy and the beginning of surveillance in our workplace? In this post you can find out more about Meta’s recent announcement and its implications for privacy.
Booking.com has confirmed a data breach exposing customer reservation details. Experts warn that the leaked information is now being used in reservation hijack scams. If you use the platform, here’s what to watch out for and how to protect yourself.
With its recent announcement, France joins the list of countries that aim to become digitally sovereign. This is part of a bigger movement, called ‘digital sovereignty’, to leave US Big Tech companies, such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, to become less dependent and to break free from these vendor lock-ins.
Will the age verification era kill anonymity? More countries are passing age verification laws, now also for social media apps as seen in Australia and upcoming in the UK, France, Spain, and Turkey. So let's take a look at what countries already require it, and for what services, online sites,and social media platforms.
Think twice before sending confidential information via a DM in Instagram. The social platform scans every message, and now it will stop offering its optional end-to-end encryption. Say hello to more Big Tech surveillance and less privacy.
If you haven't manually opted out of LinkedIn AI, it could be using your resume and profile information to train Microsoft, and Co.'s artificial intelligence. And no, you didn’t opt-in. Take action and stop this now.
OpenAI is testing ads in ChatGPT. Of course it does - just imagine how much money they can make selling people's attention to advertisers! Will your favorite AI get ads as well?
Voluntary Chat Control is already in place since 2021, named Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. Similar to scanning obligations in the UK and the USA, this regulation allows Big Tech to scan all your data. But what do services scan based on this regulation, do they also scan old messages, and what does this mean for data protection and privacy? A deep dive.
First Android, now Gmail, Photos, Drive an more: Google is allowing Gemini AI access to all your data – even your emails, photos, calls, and texts. Follow these steps to turn off Gemini AI on Android and in all your Google Apps.
Clippy profile pics started spreading mid of 2025, kicked off by YouTuber Louis Rossmann. The iconic Microsoft Office helper stands for not invading user rights to help out.
