Microsoft swears it's not coming for your data with scan for old Office versions Don't mind us, we'll just have a quick look for unsupported installs and then disappear, we pwoooomise Software03 Feb 2023 | 5
Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz Security03 Feb 2023 | 27
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 19
FTC prescribes GoodRx a $1.5m pill after 'sharing health info' with web giants Facebook, Google, Twilio had a look-see of that data, we're told Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 8
Should Google location data be a tool for cops? Updated ACLU, EFF, public defenders say that's a hard no Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 55
French lawmakers say oui to Olympic video surveillance, but non for faces Pas le visage, merci Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 16
Cali puts mobile app makers on notice over privacy Let customers opt out, or start adding zeros to compliance fines Software31 Jan 2023 | 6
UK spy agency violated Snooper's Charter with 'unlawful' data retention Turns out even MI5 has to comply with retention rules Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 37
Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else Personal Tech28 Jan 2023 | 38
Home Depot sent my email, details of stuff I bought to Meta, customer complains DIY store didn't get 'valid consent,' says Canada's regulator Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 69
Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already Google says don't worry, EFF warns of 'potentially horrific outcome' Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 20
Period-tracking apps, search engines on notice by draft law And no more geofencing around health clinics either Security18 Jan 2023 | 9
Shot down: Google's grand fancy plan for pro-privacy targeted ads W3C's techies have a few choice words for the Chocolate Factory Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 22
NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again In brief Also: That Pokemon is actually a RAT, Uncle Sam fails a password audit Security14 Jan 2023 | 24
Canadian owes bosses for 'time theft' after work-tracking app sinks tribunal bid She hoped to score thousands but laptop app had other ideas Security13 Jan 2023 | 35
Long data privacy notices aren't foolproof, Euro watchdog tells Meta As Meta reels from €390 million EU fine, the 'personalized ads' case might not be over, Max Schrem’s legal group says Security13 Jan 2023 | 4
Wiretap lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out This is the company that claims: 'Privacy. That's iPhone' Security10 Jan 2023 | 10
No more holidays for US telcos, FCC is cracking down In Brief Also, LastPass faces class action, and Louisiana says that, while the internet may be for porn, ID is still required Security08 Jan 2023 | 41
CES Worst in Show slams gummi gouging, money-wasting mugs, and other dubious kit Technology has the potential to make life better. This isn't it. Personal Tech06 Jan 2023 | 116
Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement Databases04 Jan 2023 | 39
Google gets off easy in location tracking lawsuits $29.5 million and we don't have to admit wrongdoing? Where do we sign? Security03 Jan 2023 | 4
TikTok confirms it tracked journalists' locations as part of leak investigation As if you needed another reason to delete the app right now Networks23 Dec 2022 | 32
Lawyer mom barred from Rockettes show by facial recognition tech No Girl Scout cookies for you AI + ML21 Dec 2022 | 90
Parental control apps prove easy to beat by kids and crims 20m downloads can't be wrong? Or can they? Security21 Dec 2022 | 19
McGraw Hill's S3 buckets exposed 100,000 students' grades and personal info Educator gets an F for security Security20 Dec 2022 | 7
Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta Slowly inching toward E2EE Security19 Dec 2022 | 18
Epic payment: Fortnite maker pays record $520m to settle FTC case Updated Someone thought of the children, and the dark patterns Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 23
Amazon to settle Euro antitrust probes by Christmas Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants Personal Tech17 Dec 2022 | 5
Let's spend $22m supporting survivors of tech-enabled abuse, lawmakers suggest And the corporations making the tools for stalking and harassment in the first place? Anyone? Security16 Dec 2022 | 5
Meta, Google, TikTok and friends sue California to block kids privacy law Free speech? Or 'roving internet censors' Personal Tech16 Dec 2022 | 14
Musk bans private-plane-tracking @Elonjet on Twitter, threatens legal action Updated Say what you want – until Elon decides it affects him, too Offbeat15 Dec 2022 | 189
The IT decision-maker that really matters? Your pet So says Samsung, which wants to add your cat's collar to the Internet of Stuff Offbeat14 Dec 2022 | 24
Apple should pay €6m to French data watchdog for tracking users without consent, says official Recommendation from top CNIL advisor claims Cupertino broke EU privacy laws Security13 Dec 2022 | 10
Guess which Fortune 500 brands and govt agencies share data with Twitter? Spoiler alert: just about all of them, all across the planet Security09 Dec 2022 | 14
Five British companies fined for making half a million nuisance calls Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls Security08 Dec 2022 | 54
Using personal info for ads without consent puts Meta in EU's gunsights Schrems strikes again Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 29
Women sue Apple claiming AirTags helped their stalkers Pair say they were harassed and followed using trackers described in the media as 'stalker-proof' Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 100
ICE data dump reveals names, locations of 6,000+ asylum seekers Your tax dollars at work Personal Tech01 Dec 2022 | 9
90+ groups warn US Senate of 'damaging consequences' from Kids Online Safety Act The kids aren't alright Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 11
Meta fined $275m after data-scraping fiasco leaked 533m Facebook users' profiles Irish eyes aren't smiling Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 27
FTC urged to clamp down on businesses' voracious appetite for data ACLU agrees that the only way to protect consumers is to control what can be collected Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
After years without data privacy rules, India floats two sets in a week And ponders subsidies to attract big datacenter and content delivery network builds Legal22 Nov 2022 |
US Supreme Court asked if cops can plant spy cams around homes ACLU argues for the Fourth Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 105
Security firms hijack New York trees to monitor private workforce Employee management tech raises eyebrows in the Big Apple Security17 Nov 2022 | 57
Koch-funded group sues US state agency for installing 'spyware' on 1m Android devices Class-action lawsuit seeks $1 in nominal damages Software17 Nov 2022 | 44
Germany says nein to Qatari World Cup spyware, err, apps Norway, France also sound data privacy alarms Security16 Nov 2022 | 38
What do the US midterm election results mean for a federal privacy law? Analysis Spoiler: it may hinge on California's voting block Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 11
Commercial repair shops caught snooping on customer data by canny Canadian research crew Naming no names, but study finds trustworthy techs are hard to find Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 67
Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while Updated Russian data trackers … what could possibly go wrong? Security15 Nov 2022 | 20
Google agrees to $400m settlement in privacy lawsuit US states threw privacy challenge at web giant Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 11
Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs Doesn't matter what the data is, they thought they pushed the off switch, argues complaint Legal14 Nov 2022 | 16
Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24
Education tech giant gets an F for security after sensitive info on 40 million users stolen Chegg it out: Four blunders in four years CSO31 Oct 2022 | 6
TikTok accused of covert plot to track specific US citizens' every move China-owned boredom-killing biz issues precision-engineered denial Personal Tech21 Oct 2022 | 17
Oops, web trackers may have leaked 3 million patients' info Scream with us: Aaaaaa-AAH CSO20 Oct 2022 | 35
Texas sues Google over alleged nonconsensual harvesting of biometric data You can kiss my Californian ass, says ad giant Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 16
DuckDuckGo's macOS browser hits public beta Remember, remember, the Microsoft trackers Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 4
Scanning phones to detect child abuse evidence is harmful, 'magical' thinking Exclusive Security expert challenges claim that bypassing encryption is essential to protecting kids Security13 Oct 2022 | 142
Big win for Big Tech as Indian IT minister signals reversal of data sovereignty plan Opponents want data to flow across borders for business and democracy. Privacy? They've heard of it Legal12 Oct 2022 | 2
600k+ Celsius customer crypto-coin records revealed And why it's not actually a leak Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 8
Lufthansa bans Apple AirTags on checked bags Updated Wouldn't want anyone to know how much luggage is lost, eh? Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 49
Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse clicks, keystrokes When the tracking hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a priori Security06 Oct 2022 | 26