Tom Singleton
Journalist at Tech Tent
Steering the BBC's online tech coverage. Except the bad bits, they are always someone else's fault
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tom Singleton
The Home Office has failed in its bid to keep all the details of its data privacy legal row with Apple out of the public domain. The UK government wants the right to be able access information secured by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, citing powers given to it under the Investigatory Powers Act.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Tom Singleton |Liv McMahon
Tom Singleton & Liv McMahonTechnology reportersA judge has sided with a coalition of civil liberties groups and news organisations - including the BBC - and ruled a legal row between the UK government and Apple over data privacy cannot be held in secret. The Home Office wants the right to be able access information secured by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, citing powers given to it under the Investigatory Powers Act.
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4 weeks ago |
nz.news.yahoo.com | Tom Singleton
OnlyFans' parent company has been fined £1.05m after giving inaccurate information about the measures it had in place to check the age of its users. The platform - which is known for hosting sexually explicit material - says people who visit it must be at least 18 years old. It uses facial age estimation technology - provided by a third party - where a selfie is analysed to work out how old a prospective user is.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tom Singleton
OnlyFans' parent company has been fined £1.05m after giving inaccurate information about the measures it had in place to check the age of its users. The platform - which is known for hosting sexually explicit material - says people who visit it must be at least 18 years old. It uses facial age estimation technology - provided by a third party - where a selfie is analysed to work out how old a prospective user is.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Tom Singleton
Pressure grows to hold secret Apple data privacy hearing in publicTom SingletonGetty ImagesUS politicians, civil rights campaigners and the BBC are all calling for a High Court hearing about a data privacy row between Apple and the UK government to be held in public. The tech giant is taking legal action after the Home Office demanded the right to access customer data protected by its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) programme.
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