Fitbit users will have to sign into Google from 2023
Even those with older devices will have to sign in if they want to activate new features
Personal Tech23 Sep 2022 | 23
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Privacy watchdog steps up fight against Europol's hoarding of personal data
If you could stop storing records on people unconnected to any crimes, that would be great
Security23 Sep 2022 | 10
Meta accused of breaking the law by secretly tracking iPhone users
Ad goliath reckons complaint is meritless – but it would, wouldn't it?
Personal Tech23 Sep 2022 | 30
Federal agencies buying Americans' internet data challenged by US senators
Maybe we don't want to go with the netflow, man
Networks22 Sep 2022 | 13
San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor 'significant events'
All eyes on you, and you, and you
Security21 Sep 2022 | 20
Look who's fallen foul of Europe's data retention rules. France and Germany
'Indiscriminate' preemptive harvesting of personal info a big no-no. What a novel concept
Security21 Sep 2022 | 12
Oracle Cloud at one point would let you access any other customer's data
chmod a+rw at hyperscale
PaaS + IaaS21 Sep 2022 | 5
Meta, Twitter, Apple, Google urged to up encryption game in post-Roe America
Tech giants 'throwing their users to the wolves'
Security20 Sep 2022 | 14
Can reflections in eyeglasses actually leak info from Zoom calls? Here's a study into it
About time someone shone some light onto this
Research17 Sep 2022 | 66
US border cops harvest info from citizens' phones, build massive database
Texts, contacts, call logs, photos, and more centrally stored for years without a warrant in sight
Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 57
California Governor signs child privacy law requiring online age checks
Get ready for face scans, expanded surveillance, violated rights, and more, say critics
Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 61
Google and Meta fined over $70m for privacy violations in Korea
Both search giant and Facebook parent claim they play by the rules, will challenge decision
Security14 Sep 2022 | 4
Boffins build microphone safety kit to detect eavesdroppers
TickTock mic lock won't work on Apple
Security12 Sep 2022 | 20
Data tracking poses a 'national security risk' FTC told
'We're making China's job easier'
Security09 Sep 2022 | 31
Mozilla CSO demands fines to curb Big Tech surveillance
These super-corps are otherwise enjoying 'a consequence-free zone'
Personal Tech09 Sep 2022 | 9
Ad blockers struggle under Chrome's new rules
Analysis As deadline for mandatory code rewrite approaches, Manifest v3 still looks like a step backward
Software08 Sep 2022 | 147
Amazon expands end-to-end video encryption to battery-powered Ring devices
Whether this works as advertised is key
Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 10
Revealed: US telcos admit to storing, handing over location data
Letters to FCC confirm what many believed, don't address a bigger problem
Security02 Sep 2022 | 14
Indian court directs chat app Telegram to disclose details of copyright infringers
Judge says that servers being located in Singapore is not a get-out clause
Security02 Sep 2022 | 8
Why bother with warrants when cops can buy location data for under $10k?
How Fog Data Science sells records of your whereabouts, according to the EFF
Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 36
Cloudflare tries to explain why it protects far-right forums that stalk and harass victims
Doxing and hate-spreading websites deserve as much space on the internet as you or I, says CEO
Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 64
Decisions on health data sharing should not be taken by politicians, citizen juries find
Britain's National Data Guardian report also warns NHS needs to earn people’s trust, support for controversial data platform
Security31 Aug 2022 | 10
California lawmakers approve online privacy law for kids. Which may turn websites into identity checkpoints
Will Newsom sign it? With a possible presidential bid looming, take a guess
Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 63
Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads
Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be
Security30 Aug 2022 | 39
FTC sues data broker for selling millions of people's 'precise' location info
Which would be very problematic in this Post-Roe era
Personal Tech29 Aug 2022 | 28
Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica class action for undisclosed amount
Zuckerberg and Sandberg won't have to testify – worth much more than cash for Meta
Legal29 Aug 2022 | 31
Sephora to pay $1.2m to settle Cali privacy law claims – and why this is a big deal
Online shops sharing data about you with others qualifies as a sale in AG's book – and that means rules apply
Personal Tech27 Aug 2022 | 20
Google Maps, search results to point women to actual abortion providers
And not the fake ones that just try to change their minds
Personal Tech26 Aug 2022 | 64
Block sued after ex-staffer siphons customer data
'Don't be such a Square' hits different these days
CSO24 Aug 2022 | 8
Lawsuit accuses Oracle of facilitating sales of 'billions' of folks' personal data
Privacy case claiming Big Red contravened a string of US laws follows boasts made by Larry Ellison in 2016
Legal23 Aug 2022 | 29
Novant Health admits leak of 1.3m patients' info to Facebook
But don't worry, Zuck would never misuse this type of sensitive data
Security22 Aug 2022 | 12
Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses
Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China
Research19 Aug 2022 | 18
Googlers demand abortion searches ‘never be saved or treated as a crime’
Staff remind CEO 'don't be evil' and treat workers equally
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 98
That was fast: MetaGuard emerges as an 'incognito mode' for the metaverse
As if the VR giants will let that stand – worth a try, though
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 25
Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data
Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places
Research17 Aug 2022 | 44
CIA accused of illegally spying on Americans visiting Assange in embassy
Lawyers, journalists sue super-snoop agency and Spanish security biz
Security15 Aug 2022 | 20
Let there be ambient light sensing, without fear of data theft
Six years on web devs finally settle on sensor privacy defenses
Security13 Aug 2022 | 22
Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites
Company insists it's doing so 'to honor people’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) choices'
Personal Tech12 Aug 2022 | 25
Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia
Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible'
Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14
FTC ponders proper punishment for commercial data 'surveillance' and shoddy security
Got thoughts on the online panopticon? The FTC wants to hear
Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 4
Meta privacy red team lead: Does your business know its privacy adversaries?
Black Hat Video Ethical hackers, but for privacy programs
Security11 Aug 2022 | 4
Facebook hands over chats to cops in post-Roe abortion case
'If your business model depends on more aggressive surveillance, maybe you need a new business model'
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 96
GitHub courts controversy by suspending Tornado Cash developers and reneging on cookie commitments
If you're looking for free speech or privacy, move along
Software10 Aug 2022 | 59
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV
Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 30
India scraps data protection law in favor of better law coming … sometime
Tech giants and digital rights groups didn't like it, but at least it was a law
Security04 Aug 2022 | 5
UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears
Plan to educate the children turned out to be a 'won't someone think of the children?' moment
Security04 Aug 2022 | 43
Education officials urged to curb student snoopware
Or just see it as preparing them for the future
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 7
Data brokers amass profiles of pregnant women – and, of course, it's all up for sale
'One common trait is that they have zero regard for the privacy of the individual'
Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 37
Tim Hortons offers free coffee and donut to settle data privacy invasion claims
In brief Also, malicious VBA macros are out and container files are in, Robin Banks helps criminals rob banks, and more
Security30 Jul 2022 | 36
Surprise! The metaverse is going to suck for privacy
Forget mobile apps – headsets and smart glasses will be able to harvest so much data
Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 58
Google postpones Chrome's third-party cookie bonfire yet again
Construction delays for web giant's Privacy Sandbox keep these bickies on the menu
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 29
South Korean regulator fears Meta's collecting too much data with revised T&Cs
Probes to see if Facebook and Insta could operate with less info than required by revised legalese
Legal25 Jul 2022 |
British intelligence recycles old argument for thwarting strong encryption: Think of the children!
Comment Levy and Robinson are at it again
Security22 Jul 2022 | 185
National data privacy law for the US clears first hurdle
ADPPA doesn't make everyone happy, particularly California
Legal21 Jul 2022 | 14
Need baby formula? Buy a pregnancy test at Walgreens
Updated Data privacy, data schmivacy
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 10
Tories spar over UK's delayed Online Safety Bill
Perfect political pantomime
Personal Tech15 Jul 2022 | 141
SCOTUS judges 'doxxed' after overturning Roe v Wade
Physical and IP addresses as well as credit card info revealed in privacy breach
Research13 Jul 2022 | 139
FTC suddenly gets very stern about not-really-anonymized anonymized data
Right after Biden's order to protect women in a post-Roe America
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 9
San Francisco cops want real-time access to private security cameras for surveillance
ACLU hits back at 'unprecedented power grab'
Security11 Jul 2022 | 44
Five accused of trying to silence China critics in US
Alleged campaign involved stalking via GPS and hidden cameras, fake interviews, confidential government data
Security07 Jul 2022 | 19
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