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US adult website exposes the personal data of its workers
According to TechCrunch, SextPanther, a US sexting website, has exposed thousands of IDs belonging to sex workers who earn commissions from the site. The adult site stored more than 11,000 documents o…Italian data protection authority calls for a TikTok taskforce to address data protection issues
According to IAPP, the Italian data protection authority has requested the European Data Protection Board (EPDB) to establish a task force aiming at addressing TikTok's data protection issues and thre…UK government published security requirements for IoT devices
UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), issued new security requirements for IoT devices based on last year's public consultation. According to these requirements: (1) all consume…Microsoft expands its governmental affairs efforts
Microsoft announced its latest step aimed at doing 'more to work with governments in a supportive and collaborative way’. The governmental affairs teams grew last week with two new senior appointments…Indian Parliamentary Committee makes forty recommendation to protect children from sexual abuse online
To prevent sexual abuse of children online and access to online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a fourteen member adhoc committee of the upper house of parliament (Rajya Sabha) in India have made …PPP model in the development of e-commerce and digital skills trainings in rural China explored
Pathways for Prosperity Commission in collaboration with University of Oxford published a new background paper on the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the development of e-commerce and digita…India’s first e-waste clinic opens in Bhopal
India’s first e-waste clinic has been inaugurated in Bhopal and will enable segregation, processing and disposal of electronic waste from both household and commercial units. It was set up by the Bhop…London police to deploy facial recognition cameras in London amid privacy concerns
The London Metropolitan Police has announced the deployment across London of live facial recognition technology within a month. This technology will be designed to help the police tackle serious crime…Climate Change Strategies 2020 report explores the role of technology transfer to accelerate climate action
The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) released the Climate Change Strategies 2020 report that investigates the role of technology transfer in the fight against climate change. It highlights…
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