14% of Android app privacy policies contain contradictions about data collection
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data […]
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Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard to find and use
Many sites offer the ability to ‘opt out’ of targeted advertisements, but doing so isn’t easy. Simplifying and standardizing opt-outs […]
As Apple stakes out an aggressive pro-privacy stance, Google occupies middle ground
The ad industry has been bracing for more privacy-focused upheaval in the coming months, from lawmakers and data regulators or […]
Data Protection Commission engaging with Revolut as a “matter of urgency”
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has said that it will be engaging with financial technology company Revolut as “a […]
Apple is now presenting its privacy policy as if it were another product
Apple eleased a new privacy page that makes its privacy policy easier to read and understand. The new privacy page […]
Amazon announces privacy updates as its devices expand deeper into the home
Amazon will introduce a new privacy feature for the smart doorbells of its subsidiary Ring called “Home Mode”, which will […]
OTA Analysis Finds Most Organizations Not Ready For New Privacy Regulations
The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA), which identifies and promotes security and privacy best practices that build consumer confidence […]
Terms, Conditions and Considerations Under the GDPR
With the recent major GDPR cases on Facebook and Google, DPOs at smaller companies are getting worried and challenged in […]
Most EU cookie ‘consent’ notices are meaningless or manipulative
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to […]
Research aims to automatically answer user questions on online privacy policies
Internet users may soon have a way to have their questions about online privacy policies answered automatically, thanks to a […]
Longer Privacy Policies Are Better?
Everyone knows that most consumers don’t read privacy policies because they’re too long and confusing. Right? But maybe that’s the […]
Openly Operated wants to make privacy policies actually mean something
Openly Operated is a set of guidelines for auditing how apps and web services deal with user data, like a combination […]