EU regulators draw up ‘hit list’ of tech giants to share data with small rivals
European Union regulators have reportedly drawn up a “hit list” of around 20 tech giants, potentially including Facebook, Apple and […]
Google Analytics Gets A Major Privacy And Machine Learning-Focused Overhaul
Google is revamping Google Analytics for a world in which privacy plays center stage and identifiers are exiting stage left. […]
US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
An unsealed warrant in a case involving alleged pedophile R&B star R. Kelly has shown how the Feds can get […]
Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or […]
Google will start removing stalkerware and ‘misleading’ apps from its Play Store from October 21
The tech giant will give app developers until October 1 to remove stalkerware code from their official online store. Google […]
YouTube faces legal battle over British children’s privacy
Google, YouTube’s parent company, is facing a landmark claim over the use of children’s data in the UK. A claim […]
Google adds new privacy controls in Android 11 launch
A number of privacy controls featured in Google’s release of Android 11. Chief among these is the function to allow […]
Google, Dropbox and Apple accused of not clarifying terms and conditions of the consumers’ data in Italy
Apple, Google and Dropbox can be the center of the investigation carried out in Italy on cloud services. Complaints associated […]
The Blurred Lines and Closed Loops of Google Search
Seemingly small design tweaks to the search results interface may change how and where people find information online. In June […]
The Case Against Google Analytics for Organizations Collecting Personal Data
Almost 30 million website owners choose Google Analytics to gather data about their visitors. But even if you trust Google’s […]
Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system
Apple and Google are preparing to roll out phase two of their Covid-19 contact-tracing system, allowing users to receive notifications […]
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 […]