Will Google’s and Apple’s COVID Tracking Plan Protect Privacy?
Last week, Google and Apple announced that they were working together to develop privacy-protecting technology that could enable COVID-19 contact-tracing […]
Activist Wants Appeals Court To Scrap Google ‘Street View’ Privacy Settlement
A musician who opposed Google’s privacy settlement over data collection by “Street View” cars has appealed a trial judge’s decision […]
Google’s Right-to-Be-Forgotten Fine Toppled by French Court
Google won a battle over the right to be forgotten after France’s top administrative court canceled a fine of 100,000 […]
Google Says It Doesn’t ‘Sell’ Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It.
Although big tech companies like Google keep the lights on by harvesting and monetizing your personal data, they can be […]
Brave files GDPR complaint against Google
Brave has filed a GDPR complaint v Google for infringing the GDPR “purpose limitation” principle. Enforcement would be tantamount to […]
Google launches Verily site for coronavirus tests, sparking health privacy concerns
Service requires users to sign in with personal accounts, but Google promises limits to sharing data. Critics have questioned the […]
Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes €7 million administrative fine on Google
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes a fine of 75 million Swedish kronor (approximately 7 million euro) on Google for […]
New Mexico Sues Google Over Children’s Privacy Violations
New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google on Thursday, saying the tech giant used its educational products to spy on the […]
Google gobbling Fitbit is a major privacy risk
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google’s plan to scoop up the health and […]
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them […]
Mobile Device IDs Will Be The Next Ad Tracker To Bite The Dust
Neither Apple nor Google – which is fresh off announcing its plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome less than […]
Google tells facial recognition startup Clearview AI to stop scraping photos
Following Twitter, Google and YouTube have become the latest companies to send a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, the startup […]