Privacy Roundup #0238 • May 2026
May 2026 brought a wave of mass data breaches, fresh fights over encryption backdoors and age checks, and a landmark order against a location data broker.
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Privacy in the digital world covers how personal data is collected, stored, and used. Posts in this category discuss ways to protect your information online, privacy tools, and related concerns. As more of life moves online, understanding privacy becomes more important.
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Privacy Roundup #0237 • April 2026
April brought a hacked FBI wiretap system, fresh fights over government location buying, and a wave of breaches and fines across Europe and the United States.
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Privacy Roundup #0236 • March 2026
March brought huge healthcare and supply-chain breaches, a wave of GDPR court rulings, and fresh proof that the government buys location data from the advertising industry.
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Privacy Roundup #0235 • February 2026
February brought a wave of vishing-driven breaches, fresh fights over police cameras and ICE surveillance, and regulators leaning on data brokers.
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Privacy Roundup #0234 • January 2026
January brought a wave of government surveillance deals, fresh data broker fines, large corporate breaches and a renewed fight over encryption.
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Privacy Roundup #0233 • December 2025
December closed the year with fresh fights over message scanning, the first big fine under the EU platform rules, and a run of large breaches and data broker reckonings.
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Privacy Roundup #0232 • November 2025
November brought a wave of vendor breaches, fresh fights over surveillance and encryption, and large fines that showed regulators are not slowing down.
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Privacy Roundup #0231 • October 2025
October 2025 brought a wave of supply chain extortion, fresh attacks on encryption, and a hard look at the surveillance camera networks now woven through everyday life.
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Privacy Roundup #0230 • September 2025
September 2025 brought record privacy fines, a string of supply chain breaches, and fresh fights over surveillance and encryption.
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Privacy Roundup #0229 • August 2025
August 2025 was dominated by a wave of Salesforce supply chain breaches, fresh fights over encryption and age checks, and court wins against intrusive data collection.
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Privacy Roundup #0228 • July 2025
July 2025 brought mass breaches, fresh age checks, and a clearer look at how governments and firms hoard our data.
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Privacy Roundup #0227 • June 2025
June 2025 brought record credential leaks, fresh spyware findings and a wave of state and court decisions that pushed surveillance deeper into everyday life.
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