A family who were among the first adopters of popular electric car brand BYD say a nightmare customer service experience after their battery failed while driving has “completely turned us off” the Chinese company — and potentially EVs in general. BYD has described the battery failure as an “isolated incident”.Continue Reading
An 11 year-old girl has suffered severe third-degree burns after allegedly using nail glue purchased from a popular Chinese online retailer. Jamie Oliver, father to 11-year-old Chloe told the Daily Mail his daughter was “left in hospital” after she had used an “at-home manicure set”, which she had proudly purchasedContinue Reading
PARIS: France‘s privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it slapped Amazon ‘s French warehouse business with a 32 million euro fine ($35 million) for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity. The French Data Protection Authority, also known by its acronym CNIL, said the system allowed managersContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US government says the former Twitter‘s request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is “meritless” and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has “first-hand knowledge” of the conduct being investigated. This includes decisions he made sinceContinue Reading
Your car may be keeping tabs on your “sex drive”. Car makers Nissan and Kia can collect data on their drivers’ “sexual activity” and “sex lives” — and may sell the info to third-party advertisers, according to a shocking study by an internet privacy watchdog, the New York Post reports.Continue Reading
Beijing insisted on Friday it does not ask companies to hand over data gathered overseas, as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting calls for a ban in the United States. Pressure is building on the massively popular video-sharing app — owned by the Chinese firm Bytedance — to obtain new ownershipContinue Reading
Victims of future data breaches, similar to last year’s Optus and Medibank hacks, would be able to sue for compensation under a proposed sweeping overhaul of the nation’s privacy laws. Australians would also be able to request the permanent erasure of their personal data and opt out of targeted ads.Continue Reading
Toughening up reporting obligations for data breaches and allowing Australians the ‘right to be forgotten’ online are proposed in the review into the country’s Privacy Act. Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, who commissioned the review after Labor’s election last May, will release the full 3750-page report on Thursday. Mr Dreyfus saidContinue Reading
Elon Musk is exploring new ways to increase Twitter’s revenue following his historic takeover — and his next move appears to have one of his previous ventures in the firing line. Musk has implemented a wide array of tweaks to the social media giant in the months following his $44Continue Reading