Google uses receipts sent to Gmail to log online purchases
Not. Good. Enough.
San Francisco becomes first US city to ban facial recognition technology
The city's Board of Supervisors voted 8-to-1 in favor of the bill, with 2 absentees
Mozilla could be planning to roll out a 'Super Private Browsing' mode for Firefox
It would integrate Tor into the browser for improved anonymity
In lengthy op-ed, Facebook co-founder says it's time to regulate and break up Facebook
Hughes believes the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp should be overturned
Major phone networks hit with class-action suit over data selling
Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are all in the crosshairs
FTC suggests Facebook create privacy committee in proposed settlement
Privacy groups say such a council would 'have no teeth'
Facebook Messenger will soon work with WhatsApp and Instagram
End-to-end encryption is also coming to the platform
Mysterious database exposed over 80 million records on US households
Another day, another exposed database
Digital assistants and smart speakers face many of the same issues as the early Internet
Digital assistants must earn the trust of consumers
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for tech industry regulation
He doesn't see another path forward at this point
Which of these tech CEOs famously said in 1999, "You have zero privacy anyway..."?
Was it Eric Schmidt (Google), Scott McNealy (Sun) or Mark Cuban (Broadcast.com)...
Facebook admits to "unintentionally" uploading 1.5 million new users' email contacts without permission
A result of handing your email password over to the site
Facebook is reportedly working on an Alexa rival
Facebook tried this back in 2015 and failed
UK porn sites will be required to implement advanced age-verification systems beginning July 15
Failure to comply will lead to an ISP block
Amazon shareholders to vote on banning sales of facial recognition tech to governments
Amazon must prove facial recognition doesn't violate civil liberties
Russia fines Facebook and Twitter $50 for refusing to store user data in the country
That'll hit their bottom line real hard
Thousands of Amazon workers are listening to your Alexa conversations
Human reviewers are used to improve the AI
Over 500 million Facebook user records discovered on public Amazon servers
The leak originated from two third-party app developers
WhatsApp's new privacy settings let you choose who can add you to group chats
Facebook's focus on privacy continues
FCC commissioner says the agency is not doing enough to stop the sale of location data
Despite Big Telecom's promises not to sell it, location information is still winding up in the wrong hands
The DEA kept a huge database of people that purchased money counting machines
The program was halted several years back as a result of the fallout from the Snowden leaks regarding mass government surveillance
Russia's ultimatum to VPN providers: play by the rules or get the boot
Top VPNs have just 30 days to comply
FTC launches probe into the privacy practices of several broadband providers
Companies including AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast have 45 days to hand over requested information
Finland investigating Nokia for alleged GDPR violations
Some European Nokia 7 Plus devices have been sending data to China