Jawaker Needs to Improve its Privacy Policy
Jawaker, a card game application popular in Arabic-speaking countries, has been recently sold to the Swedish company Stillfront. …
The National Poverty Targeting Program Risks Lebanese Citizens’ Data
As our mission is to protect Lebanese citizens’ right to digital privacy, we ran a technical security and …
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Lebanon: Your Data is Not Secure on MoPH’s GrabAJab Platform
Update— IMPACT responded to our concerns by suspending Grabajab’s access to patients’ data pending the resolution of security …
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Google Cloud’s Data Center in KSA raises data privacy concerns in the region
In a decision to expand their global network with new cloud regions, Google announced in December 2020 that …
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Device Seizures in Lebanon: Assessing the Legal Framework concerning device seizures [Report]
We have witnessed in the last couple of years a striking increase in the number of devices seized …
A New (Non-)Privacy Policy from WhatsApp? [A comparison between messaging applications]
Tech and media companies are exploiting free, popular apps to increase their access to personal data; and WhatsApp …
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How To Open Your Data: SMEX Is Here To Help
In the wake of the August 4th explosion in Beirut, there was a significant response from civil society …
Ministry of Information Application Threatens Citizens’ Privacy
Feature image via national news agency, June 2018: Minister of information Melham Riachy launching the Eye Police Application …
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Careem Reports that the Data of 14.5 Million Users Has Been Compromised
On Monday, Careem, the Dubai-based ride-hailing company operating in the MENA region, Turkey, and Pakistan, announced that it …
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A New App Allows Posting Securely and Anonymously on Social Media
Feature image: Twitter users with the Chrome extension will be informed that a post is authenticated through a …
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