#Privacy and Personal Data

Latest news and articles on privacy: blockchain and cryptography solutions, anonymous cryptocurrencies, decentralized user identification tools, and Web3.

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ForkLog 14 23.03.2021

Mina Protocol launches privacy-focused blockchain built on zk-SNARKs

The Mina Protocol project launched a privacy-focused blockchain based on zero-knowledge proofs.

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ForkLog 15 23.03.2021

PBOC rules out fully anonymous CBDCs

Fully anonymous national digital currencies do not align with the consensus of the world's leading central banks. Mu Changchun, director of the CBDC Institute at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), said, The Block reports.

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ForkLog 24 18.03.2021

Beeple NFT buyer reveals identity

The NFT buyer known as Metakovan has revealed his identity: Vignesh Sundaresan.

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ForkLog 18 18.03.2021

Lawyer says data transfers to Roskomnadzor may be a masked attempt to bypass communications secrecy

Russian authorities want to require telecom operators to provide Roskomnadzor (RKN) with subscribers' personal data, and to force businesses to forward anonymised data about Russians to the state at no cost.

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ForkLog 19 16.03.2021

Brian Brooks Joins Board of Spring Labs Startup

Former head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) within the U.S. Treasury, Brian Brooks, became an independent member of the board of Spring Labs, which develops data-protection solutions.

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ForkLog 34 12.03.2021

Telegram began removing bots that scrape users’ data following a Roskomnadzor order

The messaging app Telegram has begun blocking popular bots used to obtain users’ personal data.

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ForkLog 39 04.03.2021

Brave to launch private search engine.

The privacy-focused Brave browser plans to launch its own search engine for desktop and mobile.

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ForkLog 16 03.03.2021

Bitcoin developers to receive $70,000 grants from the Human Rights Foundation

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced the allocation of $70,000 from its developers support fund for work on enhancing Bitcoin's resilience, privacy and decentralisation.

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ForkLog 44 02.03.2021

Scammers have started using Telegram bots to blackmail users

Malicious actors have begun using users' personal data collected by Telegram bots for blackmail and extortion.

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ForkLog 28 08.02.2021

Experts assess the legality of locating protesters using surveillance footage

The media reported that Moscow's law enforcement authorities are locating protesters using data from the surveillance system. ForkLog spoke to experts about how legal such actions are and whether privacy under cameras can be preserved.

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ForkLog 25 04.02.2021

Russia’s digital ministry proposes lifting geolocation data from telecoms secrecy

Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation has drafted a bill that would lift mobile-location data from the protection of communications secrecy. TASS reports.

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ForkLog 13 03.02.2021

Kaspersky: Unless We Curb Indiscriminate Data Collection, Digital Fukushimas Await Us

Most personal data collection in Russia remains in a grey area, and its use by platforms and government institutions is not regulated in any way. This was stated by Natalia Kaspersky, head of the InfoWatch group of companies, in an interview with Izvestiya.

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