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A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

San Francisco Chronicle 12 Feb 2026
For less than 5% of those individuals, the IRS gave ICE additional address information, potentially violating privacy rules created to protect taxpayer data. .
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Privacy-focused Midnight blockchain to go live next month, says Cardano's Charles Hoskinson

BitRSS 12 Feb 2026
Input Output Global's Founder Charles Hoskinson said Midnight, the long-awaited privacy-focused blockchain, will launch in the final week of March as a partner chain to Cardano ... .
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Paxos Labs Launches Privacy-Preserving USAD Stablecoin on Aleo Network

BitRSS 12 Feb 2026
USAD offers privacy-preserving transactions while maintaining ...
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'These updates raise the bar for security and privacy on Windows': Microsoft has a plan ...

TechRadar 12 Feb 2026
Microsoft is bringing tighter security to Windows 11, including smartphone-style app permissions ... .
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Barry Silbert Says 5–10% of Bitcoin Capital Could Shift to Privacy Coins Like Zcash

BitRSS 12 Feb 2026
The post Barry Silbert Says 5–10% of Bitcoin Capital Could Shift to Privacy Coins Like Zcash appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert believes a noticeable shift could be coming inside the crypto market.... .
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Revision of OC 11: a modernised data privacy framework for CERN (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
This revision marks an important step in the modernisation of CERN's internal data privacy framework, building on more than five years of [...]. This is an abstract of the document ... Disclaimer.
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Ethereum Privacy Layer 2 Aztec (AZTEC), Goes Live on KuCoin With Spot Trading

Coin Edition 12 Feb 2026
Aztec is a privacy-focused Ethereum Layer 2 backed by a $100M Series B led by a16z ... the listing of Aztec (AZTEC) on its Spot trading platform, expanding access to the privacy-focused Layer 2 project.
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Are TikTok and X tracking you across the internet? This privacy tool can tell you

SiliconValley.com 12 Feb 2026
Since 2020, readers have used Blacklight, our pioneering website privacy inspector tool, to run more than 18 million scans ... Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers.
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Cardano Midnight Privacy: Hoskinson’s Strategic Vision Excludes Privacy Maximalists for Mainstream Adoption

Bitcoin World 12 Feb 2026
Speaking to a packed auditorium at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, Hoskinson emphasized that Midnight targets mainstream adoption rather than appealing to privacy maximalists from networks like Monero and Zcash ... Privacy Blockchain Market Evolution.
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Privacy Commissioner’s Office and HKIRC Co-organise “AI Security and Cybersecurity Summit for Enterprises” Joining Hands to Build a Safer Digital Hong Kong Registration Now Open (Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
12 February 2026 Privacy Commissioner's Office and HKIRC Co-organise ... However, the application of AI carries challenges, as AI also introduces cybersecurity and personal data privacy risks that must be critically addressed by organisations.
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Senator Questions Whether eSafety Crackdown Could Strain US-Australia Ties

The Epoch Times 12 Feb 2026
A One Nation senator has asked Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant on whether her actions could harm U.S.-Australia ties ... ....
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Cardano’s Groundbreaking Move: LayerZero Integration and Midnight Mainnet Launch Unveiled by Founder

Bitcoin World 12 Feb 2026
During his keynote at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Hoskinson confirmed a strategic integration with cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero and set a firm launch date for the privacy-centric Midnight blockchain mainnet ... A New Frontier for Data Privacy.
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