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Privacy Digest #3 (20 - 30 Oct 2026)

Privacy Digest #3 (20 - 30 Oct 2026)

What's buzzing in the privacy world this week ๐Ÿ‘€

  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Discord: Public server conversations will become searchable on Google starting in December.
  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Signal: A security flaw could keep audio and video transmitting after hanging up. Now fixed.
  • ๐Ÿ’ธ Meta: Ordered to pay $25 billion for misleading users about data privacy. Meta plans to appeal.
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK: Proposed facial scans, photo ID and banking checks to enforce its planned under-16 social media ban.
  • ๐Ÿ”“ Sony: A data breach reportedly exposed 2.6 million records.
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ SBI: A suspected data leak involved 3,897 customer records containing personal and financial information.

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