Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite Users Opting Out
Google’s Pixel and Apple’s iPhone both in privacy hot seat for siphoning mobile device data without consent.
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Smartphones share our data every four and a half minutes
Research claims there is little difference between Apple and Google when it comes to collecting certain data.
Bavarian DPA Declares Use E-mail Marketing Service Prohibited without Assessment and Supplementary Measures
Bavarian DPA declared the use of Mailchimp in Bavaria impermissible due to non-compliance with Schrems II mitigation steps in relation to the transfer of e-mail addresses to Mailchimp in the U.S.
Tesla’s video footage of drivers raises safety and privacy concerns
Cars are increasingly equipped with cameras to monitor driver behavior, but Tesla’s use of the technology raises safety and privacy questions.
Roskomnadzor proposes to restrict cross-border data transfer
Roskomnadzor proposes to expand the law on personal data to foreign Internet sites and restrict cross-border data transfer in order to protect the rights of citizens.
ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of Individuals to Pursue Immigration Violations
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have bought private data containing millions of individuals’ phone, water, electricity, and other utility records.
Getting lost in the crowd: The limits of privacy in location data
If the dataset was big enough, would individual records become anonymous by being “lost in the crowd”? Researchers discuss how there are limits to privacy in location datasets.
Elon Musk Says Tesla Won’t Share Data From Its Cars With China or U.S.
Tesla would never provide the U.S. government with data collected by its vehicles in China or other countries, said CEO Elon Musk.
Cars Have Your Location. This Spy Firm Wants to Sell It to the U.S. Military
15 billion car locations. Nearly any country on Earth. ‘The Ulysses Group’ is pitching a powerful surveillance technology to the U.S. government.
Are the parental control apps we use to protect our kids actually unsafe too?
Parents are increasingly turning to parental control apps to keep their kids safe online – but are they actually safe? Not always.
EU ministers want EU-wide data retention.
The great majority of EU justice ministers on March 15 once again called a new Europe-wide collection of traffic and location data of the entire population (data retention).
Why this French court decision has far-reaching consequences for many businesses
A recent court case from France’s highest administrative court has significant consequences for many businesses in the wake of the “Schrems II” decision.