Zoom to pay $85m to set aside privacy violation and zoombombing allegations
Image: Getty Images Zoom has agreed to an $85 million settlement for a class action lawsuit that accused the company of improperly sharing user...
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Google Explains New Safety and Privacy Guidelines for Android Apps
This week Google announced several upgrades to the rules that govern the Play Store which are intended to enhance the general user safety and...
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Google Details New Privacy and Security Policies for Android Apps
Google this week announced a series of updates to its Google Play policies that are meant to improve overall user privacy and security and...
TikTok fined €750,000 for Violating Children’s Privacy
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) announced Thursday that it has imposed a fine of €750,000 on TikTok “for violating the...
Uber found to have interfered with privacy of over 1 million Australians
Image: Getty Images The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has handed down its determination that Uber interfered with the privacy of over...
One Year After Europe’s Schrems II Decision, Privacy Activist Bemoans Lack of Progress
Little will happen until and unless the European Data Protection Authorities begin to enforce Schrems II One year after the so-called Schrems II decision...
Colorado becomes latest state to pass data privacy law
Colorado has joined California and Virginia in passing a comprehensive data privacy law that forces companies to make wholesale changes to how they handle...
Tim Cook claims sideloading apps would destroy security and privacy of iOS
Image: Apple Tim Cook has claimed in an interview with Brut that if Apple was forced to allow sideloading of apps, as Android does,...
EU Court Leaves Facebook More Exposed to Privacy Challenges
Facebook is subject to EU privacy challenges from watchdogs in any of the bloc’s member states, not just its lead regulator in Ireland, the...
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Apple Reaffirms Privacy Stance Amid Trump Probe Revelations
Seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, Apple maintains it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe that...