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Answer (1 of 437): > ITS ALL ABOUT ECOSYSTEM, NOTHING ABOUT PRIVACY We live in an age where half of the population thinks that they are so called privacy experts & the other half thinks that AI is...

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"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive."

In 2019, federal investigators in Wisconsin were hunting men they believed had participated in the trafficking and sexual abuse of a minor.

The company announced the policy as a way to stop spreading divisive content

The search giant is accused of invading the privacy of millions of Americans.

The government wants to break up the world’s biggest social network. Internal company emails show why.

France's data protection agency, the CNIL, has slapped Google and Amazon with fines for dropping tracking cookies without consent. Google has been hit

The Department of Homeland Security is being slammed with a new lawsuit after spending just over a year failing to respond to repeated attempts at investigating its long-term data hoovering practices.

You can take some steps to limit how much Facebook knows about you. But as long as you use the service, it can monetize your interests and activity.

The District of Columbia case, which grew out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, could expose the chief executive to financial and other penalties.

Facebook's VP of product marketing put out an uncharacteristically earnest blog post Wednesday morning to detail what advertisers could do to fight back.

In the most recent issue of the prestigious American Economic Review, a group of well-known economists published a paper titled “The Welfare Effects of Social Media.” It ... Read more

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Consumers’ purchasing habits have shifted toward e-commerce faster than anticipated; this lawsuit couldn’t have arrived at a more pivotal time.

The 2001 Axios/Harris 100 Poll shows a drop in most big tech companies' public esteem.

TikTok faces a London lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of children in the U.K. and Europe over privacy concerns.

Facebook has been a vocal critic of iOS 14 privacy rules

The social media giant says EU investigators have unnecessarily demanded sensitive information.

Google claims search competition is “only one click away.” So why does it take fifteen+ clicks to make DuckDuckGo Search or any other alternative the default on Android devices?

Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether apps that Google's Play Store labels as "Teacher approved" are unlawfully collecting personal...

Arizona claimed Google tracked users even after they opted out. New court documents show some employees agreed that the settings were deceptive.

Is this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there's a deactivation period.

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Class action claims weak security allowed hackers to take over the smart cameras used on doorbells and in homes

Google's search preference menu auction, as we predicted, has resulted in DuckDuckGo being eliminated, making it harder for people to get simple privacy.

Far from ensuring privacy, Google's new VPN actually increases Google's ability to collect private data about you. Don't fall for it.

While I think we can all agree that every app on our phone is probably an invasive little shit, I’d argue that weather apps deserve their own little corner in hell. We’ve seen weather apps sign folks...

“We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data,” Facebook engineers say in leaked document.

This graph shows the market share of mobile search engines in United States Of America based on over 5 billion monthly page views.

When the upcoming metaverse – such as we understand it now – meets data privacy, there could be a "clash of the titans."

Stop giving TikTok permission to steal your personal data.

You might not know this but you do have a public Amazon profile. Take these easy steps to stop Amazon from sharing your private info.

Ray-Ban Stories can take photos and videos with a touch of a button and send them to your phone.

The Department of Homeland Security also argues that using the information is perfectly legal and that the agency does not need a warrant to purchase it, according to a memo obtained exclusively by...

At I/O conference, Google touted improved privacy features on smartphones and the web, but it must balance that with its online advertising business.

The big ad-tech companies know how to sell ads without damaging privacy, but they choose not to.

“We understand the concerns that have been raised,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

Google Plus experienced two software bugs in 2018 that exposed the personal information of hundreds of thousands of users.

The settlements of three class-action cases could prompt industrywide changes for apps and ads aimed at young people.

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Most U.S. news organizations won't let readers cancel online. The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change.

In an update to the company’s FAQ page, WhatsApp clarifies that no users will have their accounts deleted or instantly lose app functionality if they don’t accept the new privacy policies on May 15....

The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data. 

The company's Sidewalk mesh network goes live June 8. The good news is that you can turn it off.

The "easy button" for privacy, now on desktop

Some allegations potentially center around accessing Google user or employee data.

Ask Google Street View (and its competitors) to blur your house from their photos.

Social media platforms repeatedly use so-called dark patterns to nudge you toward giving away more of your data.

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A little privacy goes a long way.

Students have no way to opt out of the location tracking.

NPR's Laurel Wamsley talked with the experts about how to protect your information — from your text messages to your location — while you're on the phone and computer.

The retail empire is obsessed with your data. But is the convenience worth your personal information?

Hit them in the algorithms.

So, you own or are thinking of buying a Ring camera. This post outlines a list of privacy and civil liberties concerns we have with Amazon’s Ring system so that you can be a more informed consumer,

The Markup obtained internal documents that coach new employees to avoid creating “very real legal risks” in using words like “market” and “network effects”

Visitors to the Trader Joe's in Hollywood are being instructed to download a parking app to their phones. Doing so will reveal a lot about you.

Google has been handed a $49 million fine for privacy violations in South Korea, a $4.12 billion penalty for antitrust violations in Europe and faces fresh $25 billion class-action lawsuits in the...

Invasive test-taking software has become mandatory in many places, and some companies are retaliating against those who speak out.

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It’s the first half of 2021 – nearly five years since the “first half of 2016” – but in many ways not much has changed. The United Kingdom is still trying to figure out Brexit, another Justin Bieber...

Apps that fail to disclose incidents can be fined over $43,000 per violation per day. 

And you may never know they did it.

The Alphabet unit said its Chrome internet browser will stop supporting a user-tracking technology called third-party cookies by late 2023, nearly two years later than its initial time frame of early...

We're excited to announce a big step forward with the introduction of route-planning directions on DuckDuckGo Search – private, as always.

A campaign group claims the "image-obsessed" platform is dangerous for children's health and privacy.

Fueled by a desire for touchless transactions, QR codes popped up everywhere in the pandemic. Businesses don’t want to give them up.

The Facebook-owned messenger with 2 billion users revamps its privacy policy.