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  "id": 12535072,
  "title": "Australia probes app used in cheap smart glasses over privacy fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/australia-probes-app-used-in-cheap-smart-glasses-over-privacy-fears",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:59:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
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    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/australia-probes-app-used-in-cheap-smart-glasses-over-privacy-fears/articleshow/134754593.cms"
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  "summary": "Australia is investigating how and where the firm behind an app used in popular low-cost smart glasses collects and stores personal data, the country's data protection watchdog said Wednesday. \"In the absence of any response from Shenzhen Qingcheng to the OAIC's preliminary inquiries, I have no assurance that it is protecting personal data of Australians as required by the Privacy Act,\" Privacy…",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Australia probes app used in cheap smart glasses over privacy fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/australia-probes-app-used-in-cheap-smart-glasses-over-privacy-fears",
        "published": "2026-10-06T22:28:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Australia probes app used in cheap smart glasses over privacy fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/australia-probes-app-used-in-cheap-smart-glasses-over-privacy-fears-12496814",
        "published": "2026-10-06T22:33:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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