The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20230509232846/https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/privacy

Follow us:

Privacy
Image
The Escapist

Shrink-bots! Can AI be your new therapist?

Despite the panic over artificial intelligence, new therapy chatbots may well be crucial aides to mental health services, says Kate Wills

<p>Wikipedia says that some of the educational material on its site may be misconstrued by regulators as pornography </p>
Tech

Wikipedia refuses to carry out Online Safety Bill age checks

The free encyclopedia has warned it could be shut down in the UK if it does not comply with the new legislation

Insider

A complete timeline of Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s relationship

Their shock split has sent fans into mourning. Perhaps one day her music will hold the clues, says Martha Alexander

Tech

ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy and age verification concerns

The bot’s creator, OpenAI, faces a fine of €20 million if it does not implement changes requested by the country’s data watchdog.

Tech

Your WhatsApp messages could soon self-destruct in an hour

Meta appears to be experimenting with more granularity for its disappearing messages

Tech

How to leave a WhatsApp group without everyone knowing

Save the drama of leaving WhatsApp groups by exiting silently.

Tech

Heat from fingertips can be used to crack passwords, researchers find

Thermal attacks can occur after users type their passcode on a computer keyboard, smartphone screen or ATM keypad.
Tech

Ad-free Google rival launches in the UK

Neeva’s search experience is clean, accurate, and ad-free – just like Google used to be

Tech

DeGoogled Android phone launches in the UK

Decoupling from Google could have its drawbacks, though

UK

TikTok facing £27m fine for child privacy breaches of UK law

The video sharing platform has been served a ‘notice of intent’

Comment

Video doorbells: peace of mind or lurch towards a surveillance state?

Talking Point: Doorbells can now do a lot more than let you know a visitor is calling round

Insider

A husband, baby and a booming business — what Chelsy Davy did next

It was his longest relationship to date but tabloid attention drove them apart. As the Zimbabwean welcomes a baby boy and is thought to have tied the knot, Luciana Bellini has the lowdown on Prince Harry’s most famous ex

UK

Competition watchdog accepts Google’s privacy changes

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will oversee changes to the removal of third-party cookies from Google’s Chrome browser.
UK

Former children’s commissioner launches legal claim against TikTok

The claim calls for compensation for the millions of potentially affected children, which it said could run into billions of pounds

UK

Meghan seeking £1.5m in legal costs after High Court privacy victory

The judge has ordered the Mail on Sunday’s publishers to make an interim payment of £450,000 to the duchess over legal costs

Tech

Facebook plans an 'artificial reality' seen through its smart glasses

The tech could help colleagues bond through shared virtual experiences, but privacy campaigners have raised concerns

Tech

Facebook says 5,000 apps accessed private data in new leak

It comes after the social network pledged to crack down on data harvesting by developers following the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Tech

Changes to Google will make it easier for you to delete your data

Google will now make auto-delete the default option for new accounts 

Tech

How do contact tracing apps affect your privacy?

The NHS England contact tracing app is ready to go but what are the privacy implications?

ES Magazine

How to delete yourself from the internet

What is the point of getting rid of social media if all of your data is left online after you’ve gone? Samuel Fishwick has taken up the harder-than-you-might-think challenge of wiping himself off the face of the net

Tech

Facebook's new smart display Portal range is coming to the UK

There are now four Portal devices to choose from including a new Portal TV device 

Tech

A Facebook Café is coming to London

It’s one of five pop-up cafes giving out free drinks across the UK at the end of this month

Tech

Is Facebook listening to me? Maybe, if you used Messenger’s audio chat

Facebook is the latest tech company found to be listening to user conversations 

Tech

Humans are no longer listening in on your conversations with Google

Google and Apple are both suspending their voice assistant recording practices 

Tech

Google promises to restore Incognito mode following loophole discovery

It has not been a good week for privacy on the internet 

Tech

Parents tracking children at university ‘breaches common decency’

The author of The Circle thinks surveillance has been normalised