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A man casts his vote with his dog at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the Knesset Elections, on November 1, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
High Court bans parties from tracking voters on election day, angering Likud
By Jeremy Sharon
Court overturns election committee ruling, says voter tracking violates legally enshrined right to privacy; Justice Minister Levin accuses justices of seeking to sway election against government
Supreme Court Justice Yael Willner presides over a hearing on a petition filed by the Likud party against the Central Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg's decision to prohibit the real-time transfer of information on voters who have cast their ballots during Israel’s general election, September 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 11:53 pm
In boon for Likud, High Court says election czar lacked authority to ban voter tracking
Central Election Committee plenum, on which coalition has a majority, will decide if polling station workers can tell parties who has voted; but that decision can in turn be petitioned to top court
By Jeremy Sharon
An illustrative photo of a security camera. (Oliver Peters via Pixabay)
December 25, 2025, 7:35 pm
Knesset passes law allowing IDF, Shin Bet to hack into civilian security cameras
Security agencies allowed to access civilian systems without a judicial warrant; bill ‘disproportionately violates human rights, first and foremost the right to privacy,’ says ACRI
By Sam Sokol
Founders of Israeli data startup Mine (from right to left): Kobi Nissan, Gal Ringel, and Gal Galon. (Courtesy)
December 5, 2023, 5:53 pm
Backed by PayPal and Nationwide, Israeli data privacy startup raises $30m amid war
Software developed by Tel Aviv-based Mine tells companies and consumers where their data is and how they are using it, to manage both data and privacy more efficiently
By Sharon Wrobel
Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
May 22, 2023, 4:01 pm
Meta fined record $1.3 billion by EU, ordered to stop transferring user data to US
Tech giant vows to appeal ruling, asks court to put it on hold as lawyer whose suit kicked off legal battle predicts American firm will likely end up having to comply with EU law
By Kelvin Chan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP/Nick Wass)
August 28, 2022, 10:38 am
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica settle after 2016 privacy breach
Social media giant was hit with class action suit for providing access to personal data of 87 million users in lead-up to 2016 US election
By AFP
Co-Founder and CEO of the Israeli company 'Mine' Gal Ringel speaks during an interview in Tel Aviv, on April 26, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 1, 2022, 7:44 am
Right to be forgotten: Israeli tech firm says it can delete your digital footprint
Tel Aviv firm Mine says over 10 million requests have been sent to firms by users of platform; expert says Israeli public relatively indifferent on matter, legislation inadequate
By Jonah Mandel
In this May 1, 2019, file photo, a person walks past a Google sign in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
January 25, 2022, 3:57 am
New lawsuits accuse Google of tracking data without users’ permission
Top justice officials in DC and 3 states allege that tech giant misled consumers by continuing to collect and store location information even after users tried to opt out
By AFP
In this file photo taken on August 28, 2016, a woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 20, 2022, 2:10 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 20 – Experts slam police on privacy abuse; startup prints salmon
Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discusses spyware, foodtech and shopping tech, while diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman looks at an attack on the UAE, and Russia-Ukraine
By ToI Staff
Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai attends a ceremony for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 19, 2022, 4:34 pm
Privacy experts slam police ‘abuse of power’ in alleged use of spyware on civilians
Researchers say revelations that police deployed NSO cyberweapon expose an organization in urgent need of oversight
By Ricky Ben-David
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, on August 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
January 18, 2022, 6:48 pm
Comptroller to probe spyware use on citizens, as outraged lawmakers demand inquiry
MKs seek parliamentary probe into explosive report police took over civilians’ cellphones without oversight; attorney general said to demand answers from cops
By ToI Staff
An advertisement from WhatsApp is seen in a newspaper at a stall in New Delhi on January 13, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)
January 13, 2021, 11:32 am
WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals
Facebook-owned messaging app denies new terms of service will make it less secure: ‘We can’t see your private messages or hear your calls’
By AFP
The logo of WhatsApp, December 28, 2016. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
January 7, 2021, 8:50 pm
WhatsApp users must share data with Facebook if they want to continue on app
Over 2 billion users will have until February 8 to agree to policy change that will see information, including contacts and status updates, shared with social media giant
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a hacker and online fraud. (scyther5; iStock by Getty Images)
October 22, 2020, 1:12 pm
Google’s AI fund leads $9.5 million investment in data-privacy startup Mine
Software developed by Tel Aviv-based firm tells users which companies hold their data and how they are using it, and lets them decide if they want to it to be deleted
By Shoshanna Solomon
Yoav Degani
August 12, 2020, 4:05 pm
Yoav Degani
Microsoft saving TikTok could be a parent’s nightmare
In our current state of affairs, any Chinese app is by definition a dangerous one, as the Asian giant lacks any substantial data protection infrastructure
A woman uses a cellphone as people wear face masks for fear of coronavirus in downtown Jerusalem, June 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 8, 2020, 6:17 pm
Shin Bet urges reappraisal of its own controversial cellphone tracking program
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been sent into quarantine in recent days as the internal security service revives its coronavirus contact tracing initiative
By ToI Staff
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