Privacy

Jordan officials use products from Israeli company to violate activists privacy, rights - report

The Citizen Lab states that the use of Cellebrite's tool "likely violates international human rights law."

An engineer shows devices and explains the technology developed by the Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology on November 9, 2016
Smart TV TCL.

Caution: How to prevent your smart TV from tracking you

Gal Ringel, Gal Golan, Kobi Nissan

Israeli breakthrough: Tech giant acquires MineOS’s privacy app

A view of the new Gordonia Zichron Yaakov.

Zichron Yaakov’s new Gordonia hotel offers deluxe rooms, pools, and panoramic views - review


High Court orders state to reply on Shin Bet corona tracking legality

This interim decision came only an hour after a number of human rights groups filed a petition requesting that the High Court declare the restoration to be illegal.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives to a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on November 28, 2021.

IDF officer arrested for spying on female soldiers dismissed from role

The IDF's decision to dismiss Sharoni of his role comes after he was accused of taking photographs of female soldiers without their knowledge.

 IDF officer Lt.-Col. Dan Sharoni at the IDF military court in the Kirya military headquarters

Greater cyber protection needed in Israel - Sa'ar

The Ministerial Committee approved a bill by Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday to give greater enforcement powers to the government regarding privacy rights.

 Israel's Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Expanded High Court likely to let police probe Netanyahu's PR people

Justices sounded highly critical of the police for the slow pace of fixing errors they were making in improperly invading the privacy of suspects regarding cell phones and other electronic devices.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Israel Population Authority accidentally formed illegal biometric database

The authority stated that it would work to amend the existing legislation in order to allow it to continue storing the face photos.

Example of the biometric idenitity card

Losing privacy: Has the media crossed the line with Ted Cruz? - opinion

Allowing this kind of intrusion into our personal lives without our permission is a clear manifestation of George Orwell’s predictions in his novel '1984.'

SEN. TED CRUZ wheels his luggage through Mexico’s Cancun International Airport before boarding his plane back to the US last Thursday.

The sky fell in on our data privacy and nobody noticed - analysis

The sky fell in this country and no one even noticed.

Personal data source code (Illustrative)

Data privacy to be at greater risk without government intervention

Data Privacy Day is observed in 50 countries around the world on January 28 in order to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.


Privacy Authority: We balanced COVID-19 era, despite setbacks

Until the coronavirus era many thought, “privacy had died. But now it has come back and big time."

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Coronavirus tracking: Majority of people willing to use app - UK study

"While people don’t want to throw away their privacy, they are willing to make compromises perhaps for the greater good.”

A woman texts on her mobile phone as she waits for a friend outside a supermarket on Roosevelt Avenue during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2020