Britain is investigating after UK Biobank data appeared on China’s Alibaba for sale. The anonymised dataset reportedly covered 500,000 volunteers. Officials say the listings were removed, with no purchases made, and access to the data has been paused. The Information Commissioner’s Office is also probing what happened and how the data surfaced.
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning Americans about mobile apps developed by China-based companies. It says China’s national security laws could allow authorities to request access to user data. The agency cautions that popular apps may collect details like names, emails, phone numbers and contact lists, then store that information on servers in China for an indefinite time.
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Stockholm based AI app builder Lovable says it did not suffer a data breach after users worried that chat messages and code inside projects were visible when set to public. The company argues the visibility was “intentional,” pointing to how its public settings work. Still, the episode raises questions about privacy defaults and user safeguards.
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