Privacy

Facebook Now Pays You to Answer Surveys

Facebook launches a brand new market research app that pays users for answering surveys, and…

Microsoft to Support CCPA Everywhere in the U.S.

Microsoft said today that it will support the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) everywhere in…

Facebook Gave 100 Apps Unauthorised Access to Data of Some Users

Facebook says roughly 100 of its "partners" were able to get unauthorised access to users'…

Twitter Claims It Unintentionally Used Your Phone Number for Targeting Ads

Twitter's latest mistake? It used your phone number and email address to allow advertisers to…

Amazon Introduces New Privacy Features for Alexa

Amazon is putting a focus on privacy with new Alexa features after announcing a whole…

Google Wins Key “Right to be Forgotten” Ruling

The European Court of Justice ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rule cannot…

iOS 13 Bug Lets You Access Contacts Without Unlocking Your Phone

Apple's GM version of iOS 13 that's shipping on September 19 reportedly includes a privacy…

Amazon’s New Payment System Will Apparently Use Your Hands As ID

Amazon working on a new payment system that uses computer vision and depth geometry to…

Facebook Will Stop Scanning People’s Faces by Default

Facebook says new users will no longer have their faces in photos scanned automatically, and…

Google Wants to Continue Selling Ads While Protecting User Privacy

Google announces its plans for the Privacy Sandbox, a new system that plans to allow…

Google Pulls Seven Stalking Apps From the Play Store

After researchers found 7 apps that allow people to track your location, SMS and call…

Microsoft Edge Will Soon Let You Block Trackers

Microsoft is testing a new tracking prevention feature on its new Edge browser that helps…

Google Now Lets You Automatically Delete Your Location History Data

After web activity data, Google now lets you delete your location history data every 3…

Apple and Google Are at War Over Privacy (Premium)

Apple and Google are both terrible in their own ways. But while one has the…

Microsoft Wants the US to Have Its Own GDPR

Almost a year after GDPR went into effect, Microsoft is calling for the US to…

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Ethics Matters (Premium)

European regulators are circling U.S. tech giants, looking for any excuse to impose heavy fines…

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