Google Plans to Curtail Cross-App Tracking on Android Phones
The Alphabet unit plans to continue support of the existing approach for at least two years as it follows Apple in challenging Facebook.
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What your smart TV knows about you – and how to stop it harvesting data
Smart TVs are always gathering data about you that can be monetised. What can you opt out of – and what can you safely leave alone?
Online surveillance thrives when fear takes over
European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications.
ECHR: Bulgaria’s surveillance laws breach European human rights convention
Court ruled that Bulgaria violates the European Convention of Human Rights when it comes to secret surveillance and accessing of communication data.
Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.
Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF
The new study throws doubt on the claim that if a user says ‘no’ to tracking/behavioral ads via the IAB’s TCF, the adtech industry respectfully falls into line.
Nearly 50,000 Facebook users may have been targets of private surveillance
Facebook is notifying nearly 50,000 users in more than 100 countries that they may have been targets of hacking attempts by private surveillance companies working for government agencies
Remote-working job surveillance is on the rise
Excessive surveillance is having profoundly negative effects on the workforce.
DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android
The privacy-focused tech company’s latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.
LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying
Records show LA police trialed social media surveillance tech from Voyager Labs, which claims its software can predict crimes and help monitor private messages.
Amazon’s Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
Voyeurs. Sabotaged accounts. Backdoor schemes. For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages.
Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking
Campaigners sought to sue for £3bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales.