Silicon Valley finally pushes for data privacy laws at Senate hearing
Amazon, Apple, Google, and others endorsed federal data privacy laws Wednesday, but experts argue consumer voices were lacking It seems […]
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Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
Google and Mastercard brokered a business partnership that gave Google an unprecedented asset for measuring retail spending, part of the […]
Hackers Turned an Amazon Echo Into a Spy Bug
Researchers found they could turn the smart speakers into surveillance devices—if they could get their own attack tool on the […]
India wants localization of cloud storage data in possible blow to big tech firms
A panel working on the Indian government’s cloud computing policy wants data generated in India to be stored within the […]
Amazon’s facial-recognition tool misidentified 28 lawmakers as people arrested for a crime
Amazon.com’s facial recognition tools incorrectly identified 28 members of US Congress as people arrested for a crime during a test […]
Privacy policies of tech giants ‘still not GDPR-compliant’
Consumer group says policies of Facebook, Amazon and Google are vague and unclear Privacy policies from companies including Facebook, Google […]
Alexa and other smart speakers may endanger privacy rights
Legal experts say internet-connected smart speakers are the latest example of how technology and devices endear themselves to consumers before […]
GDPR attacks: First Google, Facebook, now activists go after Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn
Just days after the new law comes into force, privacy activists add more tech giants to their list of GDPR […]
Amazon Is Under Fire for Selling Controversial Facial Recognition Tech to Police
The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool […]
EU moves to regulate tech giants’ business practices
Tech giants including Google, Apple and Amazon will for the first time face rules governing their commercial relations with smaller […]
Amazon will now deliver to your car — but you might pay for it in privacy
First came in-home delivery. Now Amazon is offering to drop off packages straight to the trunk of your parked car. […]
Machine learning as a service: Can privacy be taught?
Machine learning requires massive amounts of data to teach the model. But we’re often uploading that data to machine learning […]