Privacy

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