Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t […]
UK class action accuses Google of unlawfully harvesting personal data
Lawsuit claims tech firm bypassed iPhone default privacy settings between June 2011 and February 2012, affecting 5.4m people. Source: UK […]
Google Docs Glitch That Locked Out Users Underscores Privacy Concerns
Some users received alerts on Tuesday that they had violated Google’s terms of service, and were subsequently stopped from accessing […]
Government Requests for Google Data All-Time-High
Government Requests for Google Data Hit All-Time-High. Firm forced to revise up many FISA demands from previous years. Source: Government […]
Google Hit With New Privacy Suit For Sharing Data With App Developers
Google is facing a new lawsuit over allegations that it shared the names and other personally identifiable information of people […]
How the GDPR will disrupt Google and Facebook
Google and Facebook will be unable to use the personal data they hold for advertising purposes without user permission. This […]
Google stops challenging most US warrants for data on overseas servers
Google has quietly stopped challenging most search warrants from US judges in which the data requested is stored on overseas […]
The Spanish DPA confirms compliance of Google Cloud commitments for international data flows
Google is pleased to announce that the Spanish Data Protection Agency (“Agencia Española de Protección de Datos” or “AEPD”) has […]
What does Google know about you? Its new privacy dashboard should reveal all.
The new mobile-friendly version of Google Dashboard is rolling out this week. Source: What does Google know about you? Its […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) […]
Court attributes Google’s privacy violations to ‘browser architecture’
31 August 2017 The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (‘the Court of Appeals’) issued, on 22 […]