Italy's competition watchdog AGCM has started a new investigation against Google. The Authority accuses Google of misleading users to collect data and using unfair commercial practices.
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The FCC has fined major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customers' location data without consent despite knowing.
Microsoft has acknowledged that a recent Edge update bug led to the installation of a Copilot app on Windows 11, 10 and Server PCs. The company has assured the intent wasn't to steal user data.
T-Mobile has silently introduced a new profiling toggle which is spotted to be turned on by default. It allows the carrier to collect personal data to better predict user behavior.
Microsoft has expanded its Priva family of products to help organizations adapt complex privacy requirements related to personal data in an ever-changing world of compliance and regulations.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has charged a $10.8 million fine on Uber for infringing data privacy regulations. It suggests that users are unaware of how their data is being used and shared.
A letter by Senator Ron Wyden sheds light on the illegal buying of sensitive American user data by the National Security Agency of the U.S. It also exposes the data broker industry.
The latest Edge update may be sending data for all the websites and domains you visit to the Bing API server website. The reports are currently being looked into by Microsoft itself.
Although some European countries are rushing to ban ChatGPT and related technologies, Ireland is taking a more measured approach where it wants to fully understand the benefits and risks of AI.
You have until August 25 to file a claim for the big data privacy settlement from Facebook that was approved in December 2022, if you were a Facebook member between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022.
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, has been called by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in March to testify over the company's relation with the Chinese Communist Party, data security privacy, and more.
Starting 28th January, Apple users can attend sessions at their local Apple Stores to learn how to ensure greater data privacy and control by using privacy features in their Apple products.
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Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit concerning the data harvesting Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018. However, it has not admitted to any wrongdoing.
An internal report from ByteDance reveals it has fired four employees for inappropriately accessing TikTok data of 2 U.S. journalists in an attempt to track down the source of information leaks.
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TikTok's new privacy policy indicates that employees located in several countries, including China, can remotely access European user data by way of methods recognized under the GDPR.
TikTok is currently in talks to lease a new office near its HQ in the Farringdon district of London. The office has an area of 134,000 square foot and is bigger than the company's UK HQ.
The provisional views of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office suggest TikTok has fallen short of giving adequate protection to children under data privacy laws. It could face a £27 million fine.
Five states -- California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia -- have enacted privacy laws that will go into effect in 2023. And more are expected to follow! Check for your preparedness today!
A Dutch national watchdog has placed restrictions over the use of Google Chrome and ChromeOS due to its concerns about data collection and privacy. Improvements in both products are expected by 2023.
The FBI and MI5 have issued a joint statement, sternly calling out China for its interference in other countries through digital means. They have also asked western tech companies to stay vigilant.
TikTok has once again tried to alleviate the concerns recently raised by U.S. lawmakers about its data privacy and security practices. In a recent letter, it has attempted to justify its policies.
The FCC Commissioner has urged Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores. He claims that TikTok puts user data privacy at risk by allowing Beijing to access sensitive data.
TikTok has denied claims that its workers have breached the data privacy of users in the U.S. and declared that Oracle will now store all such private information for enhancement of data security.
Microsoft has started to roll out seamless switching between multiple accounts for several Microsoft 365 services such as Word and PowerPoint. However, there are some important caveats to know about.
According to a leaked document, Facebook engineers have admitted that Facebook itself doesn't know what it does with its own users' data and where it goes after entering its servers.
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Google has announced a new data safety section for apps on the Play Store. Developers will be required to answer some questions about how they will use data collected from their app.
Unbeknown to users, TP-Link is apparently sending their data to Avira's servers even when not asked to. The problem, although not new, seems to still be prevalent in certain TP-Link router models.
Google's in-house incubator Area 120 has offered Checks, a platform that can help mobile app developers understand how their applications handle data. It can also automate privacy compliance.
Microsoft has announced a new add-on for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 customers, called Privacy Management. It offers organizations a holistic and end-to-end view of their data privacy status.
China has passed a new privacy bill into law. Similarly to the EU's GDPR, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) will see companies adhere to stricter privacy requirements when handling data.
French cloud company, Scaleway, had lost one of its SSDs over a year ago. Thankfully the company says the SSD has been recovered. It was returned by a hero YouTuber who found it on a classified site.
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has filed a lawsuit against IAB Tech Lab that comprises some of the biggest names in the digital ad space for privacy concerns over the usage of user data.
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With the release of the paper, Facebook hopes to invite discussion and deliberation amongst privacy experts and think tanks about the regulations governing the privacy and portability of data today.
Microsoft's acquisition of BlueTalon will help it improve upon its existing data privacy infrastructure in Azure, while also assisting it in working upon the development of new solutions.
Facebook has reportedly told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it is open to granting the agency broader control over its privacy practices in exchange for ending the federal probe on the firm.
The email contacts of about 1.5 million people who have signed up for Facebook since May 2016 have been uploaded to the site's system with no user consent, the social networking giant has confirmed.
In an editorial posted yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg voiced out the need for strict regulation and content control on the internet. He classified the need for rules and regulations into four categories.
In the final report on disinformation and fake news, the DCMS called out Facebook and other media firms on their illegitimate usage and insufficient protection of data, as well as on disinformation.
After having been fined last month in the UK and The Netherlands for a massive data breach in 2016, Uber today has been slapped with another penalty in France for the same incident.
