Privacy

A recent AI trend is the creation of personalised doll images. On the surface this is a fun spin off of AI although some …

Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection for new UK users on 24th February 2025. Existing users still have a period of grace to use …

AI Meeting Assistants will join a meeting, transcribe the conversation and provide a summary. They integrate with remote meeting tools such as Teams and …

Kindus discussed AI texts and copyright in 2023. This is a rapidly evolving theme both in the nature of the ability of machines to …

The UK has announced plans to bring in a digital driving license as part of a new Government App. They envisage that this could …

Recent changes announced by Google and Apple will harvest data from users without their consent. The Google changes have been announced but are not …

The online job-market business model involves building up a bank of CVs and matching those with possible job vacancies.  Unlike an old school recruitment …

Kindus has described how connected devices harvest personal data and how that can be misused or breached either by the hosting  body or others …

The symptoms of a SPAM, email or subscription bomb attack are almost impossible to miss.  The victim will suddenly receive a very large volume …

Those with long memories will recall the time and money spent by the UK NHS in the early years of this century to build …

Doxing (or Doxxing) is the dropping of documents or information onto the Internet.  It is generally taken to mean the disclosing of information that …

In July 2024 the US Federal Trade Commission issued orders to 8 companies seeking information about their possible use of Surveillance Pricing.  These orders …

In general web sites, posts, tweets and other on-line content all rely on sharing information.  Links to other relevant content makes it easier to …

Apple Intelligence is forecast to release as a beta in Autumn 2024 and as a full version in 2025.  It will be included in …

Push Notifications are primarily seen as a marketing or advertising tool.   Another popular use is within chat applications; ensuring that subscribers keep up with …

Kindus has already outlined the EU Digital Markets Act.  The Digital Services Act is another EU law that came into force on all platforms …

Various services offer the concept of private browsing.  In most cases this means that browsing history is kept secret from other users of the …

The EU Digital Markets Act became law in 2022 and its terms began to apply from May 2023. Major Internet content providers needed to …

On 25th April 2023 the UK government introduced the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to parliament.  This was the formal first reading, …

WhatsApp has threatened to withdraw from the UK if the Online Safety Bill becomes law. Regardless of any such action its use within the …