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State school heads are blocking teachers from hosting live online lessons, claiming that streaming classes from their homes is an invasion of privacy. As schools closed under new coronavirus restrictions, some teachers took to social media to complain it was ‘off-putting’ having parents observe them at work. Last night, anxious parents demanded state schools ramp … Read more
A mother who was filmed being evicted as part of the hit show ‘Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away’ has launched a High Court privacy battle against Channel 5. The woman is suing the broadcaster for up to £100,000 over the tactics and techniques used in filming the popular fly-on-the-wall programme – which follows bailiffs … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook hit back at Facebook after the social media giant publicly slammed upcoming iPhone privacy changes it said will devastate small businesses that rely on targeted ads Apple CEO Tim Cook has hit back at Facebook after the social media giant publicly slammed upcoming iPhone privacy changes that it claims will devastate … Read more
Facebook takes advantage of Brexit to move all UK users onto US privacy agreements – which offer fewer protections and increase the risk of surveillance UK Facebook customers will be moved over to US-based user agreements This will happen next year after Brexit and will see UK users lose protections EU’s digital privacy laws are … Read more
Apple is requiring developers to include privacy ‘nutritional labels’ with apps that disclose what type of user data is collected The labels help users see developers’ practices before downloading an app Labels show if apps record users’ browsing history or location, among other data Some data-gathering is exempt, like info in optional feedback forms The new … Read more
Meghan Markle’s high-stakes privacy case has been delayed until next October – despite concerns raised by her father that he might die before it takes place. Thomas Markle revealed that he suffers from heart and lung problems and wants to get the case ‘over with as quickly as possible,’ because he ‘could die tomorrow.’ However, … Read more
Meghan Markle’s high-stakes privacy case has been delayed until next October after a secret hearing at London’s High Court. Meghan’s legal team cited a ‘confidential ground’ for the adjournment at a hearing with no further details made public. Meghan, 39, is suing Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Mail On Sunday and MailOnline for breach of … Read more
Meghan Markle bids to postpone her High Court privacy action trial over letter to her estranged father Thomas published by the Mail On Sunday Duchess of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Ltd over August 2018 article MoS reproduced parts of handwritten letter sent to 76-year-old Thomas Markle Hearing to consider costs and case management issues … Read more
Meghan Markle today lost her court fight to block claims she collaborated with the authors of an explosive book about her private life or allowed her friends to. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, is accused of feeding personal information to the writers of ‘Finding Freedom,’ to ‘set out her own version of events in a … Read more
Meghan Markle is accused of ‘collaborating’ with the authors of the book ‘Finding Freedom’ about her life with the Duke of Sussex, the latest hearing of her High Court action against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday will hear today. Meghan is suing Associated Newspapers (ANL) over its publication of a ‘private and confidential’ … Read more