Alphabet’s Verily Plans to Use Big Data for Health Insurance
Verily, the Alphabet Inc. life sciences unit that’s previously targeted mosquito-borne illness and launched Covid-19 testing programs, is getting into […]
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Popular fertility app Premom shared data without user consent
The popular fertility app Premom asks users to upload details about their sexual health to receive personalized, remote analysis to help predict […]
Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms
An internal Secret Service document describes the purchase of Locate X, a product that uses location data harvested from ordinary […]
California DMV Is Selling Drivers’ Data to Private Investigators
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is selling drivers’ data to private investigators and bail bondsmen, according to an internal […]
Google ‘Spying’ On People’s App Use, Lawsuit Claims
Google employees “spy” on smartphone users, collecting their sensitive data and information about their use of other companies’ apps, New […]
Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion
Blackstone Group agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, including debt, placing a big […]
Clearview AI Mounts a First Amendment Defense
Clearview AI has hired Floyd Abrams, a top lawyer, to help fight claims that selling its data to law enforcement […]
Instagram Faces Lawsuit Over Illegal Harvesting Of Biometrics
Facebook is facing allegations it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets Instagram. […]
Multiple Retailers Sued Under CCPA for Sharing Data Used to Identify Fraudulent Returns
Earlier this year, The Retail Equation, a loss prevention service provider, and Sephora were hit with a class action lawsuit […]
TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps create privacy pitfalls around the world
Contact tracing apps have the power to amass personal data that reveals your movements, activities and relationships. The potential harm […]
Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with U.S. Authorities
Recently hacked police documents reveal the nature of the company’s relationship to law enforcement — not in China but in […]