This week in privacy: 5 stories from regulators, courts, privacy companies and rights groups around the world. Every item links to our full, sourced report.
The week’s top privacy stories
- How to Find Unknown Trackers Following You With Android Learn how Google's unknown tracker alerts help you identify, find, and remove unwanted tracking devices.
- UK Plans Tougher Laws and Watchdog for Police Facial Recognition The UK Home Office announced new laws, a watchdog, and strict bias testing for police use of facial recognition technology.
- UK Home Office Unveils Facial Recognition Framework Response The UK Home Office published its response to a consultation on a new legal framework for law enforcement use of facial recognition and biometrics.
North America
- How to Use Tor: Step-by-Step Privacy and Anonymity Guide Learn how to download, install, and use the Tor Browser for online privacy according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- Microsoft Launches Large OS Disk Encryption for Confidential VM Migrations Microsoft announced the general availability of large OS disk encryption for Azure confidential virtual machine migrations.
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