Toronto smart city plan faces privacy concerns
Sidewalk Labs, the unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. selected to help transform a parcel of land known as Quayside, […]
Germany seeks CJEU answer whether telecommunications law applies to webmail service providers
The Higher Administrative Court for North Rhine-Westphalia (‘the Court’) announced, on 26 February 2018, that it had filed a request […]
Google updates “right to be forgotten” transparency report
In May 2014, in a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice established the “right to be forgotten,” or more […]
Google’s new AI algorithm predicts heart disease by looking at your eyes
Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily have discovered a new way to assess a person’s risk of heart […]
Facebook, Google and Twitter to make their terms of services GDPR compliant
European Commission together with EU consumer authorities published the changes Facebook, Twitter and Google+ made to their terms of services, […]
The False Teeth of Chrome’s Ad Filter
Today Google launched a new version of its Chrome browser with what they call an “ad filter”— which means that […]
Tech Giants Back U.S. Bill Governing Cross-Border Data Searches
Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. have thrown their support behind proposals in Congress to deal with cross-border […]
Google and Facebook are watching our every move online. It’s time to make them stop.
To make any real progress in advancing data privacy this year, we have to start doing something about Google and […]
Here’s how Google Chrome’s new ad blocker works
Google Chrome will soon begin to block ads on some websites by default. I dug up some more information about […]
Tech Giants Brace for Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules
A stringent set of data protection rules will take effect in Europe in May. Facebook, Google and others are working […]
Pummeling users with Google remarketing ads they don’t want to see? Now they can mute those, too
On Thursday, Google announced more ways for users to control the Google-served ads they see. The changes will have implications […]
Alexa, What Are You Doing with My Family’s Personal Info?
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and several smart-home technologies that debuted at last week’s CES add convenience but also raise privacy […]