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Data breach hits 30,000 signed up to workplace pensions provider

Fraud worries as UK company Now:Pensions says ‘third-party contractor’ posted personal details of…

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These new rules were meant to protect our privacy. They don’t work | Stephanie Hare

The data protection laws introduced last year are failing us – and our…

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YouTube’s fine and child safety online | Letters

Fining YouTube for targeting adverts at children as if they were adults shows…

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A ‘deep fake’ app will make us film stars – but will we regret our narcissism?

Users of Zao can now add themselves into the scenes of their favourite…

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Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral

Critics say face-swap app could spread misinformation on a massive scaleA Chinese app…

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UK hacker jailed for six years for blackmailing pornography site users

Zain Qaiser targeted millions of computers with ransomware demanding large sumsA hacker who…

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Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords unprotected

Company admits to mistake and says it has no evidence of abuse –…

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Largest collection ever of breached data found

Store of 770m email addresses and passwords discovered after being put on hacking…

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