California WeChat users claim China surveillance in lawsuit
California WeChat users sued its parent company Tencent on Wednesday, saying the mobile app is used for spying on and censoring users for the Chinese government.
Jan 21, 2021
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Tech giants hope for US data privacy law
Google, Twitter and Amazon are hopeful that Joe Biden's incoming administration in the United States will enact a federal digital data law, senior company officials said at CES, the annual electronics and technology show.
Jan 13, 2021
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Turkey probes WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing
Turkey's competition authority on Monday opened an investigation into WhatsApp's decision to share more of its user data with its parent company Facebook.
Jan 11, 2021
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WhatsApp updates terms as moves to monetize app
The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Thursday to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce.
Jan 07, 2021
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Australian regulator delays decision on Google-Fitbit merger
Australia's competition regulator on Tuesday delayed for three months its decision on Google's plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion despite the European Union giving conditional approval to the deal.
Dec 22, 2020
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EU clears Google's $2.1B takeover of Fitbit, with conditions
The European Union on Thursday approved Google's plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion after it promised to restrict user data and ensure Android phones work with other wearable devices for at least 10 ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Australia watchdog sues Facebook over 'misleading' VPN app
Australia's consumer watchdog launched legal action against Facebook on Wednesday, alleging the social media giant "misled" thousands of Australians by collecting user data from a free VPN service advertised as private.
Dec 16, 2020
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Cloudflare teams up with Apple to give users a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
Cloudflare, a web-infrastructure and website-security company, has teamed up with Apple to give internet users a more privacy-friendly internet protocol. Called Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (ODoH) the new protocol is meant to ...
Dec 09, 2020 report
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App and infrastructure alert users about data collection around them
Billions of IoT devices—smart cameras, microphones, location trackers, and the like—are hidden in plain sight, and they're tracking everything from our movements and activities to our voices or even our facial expressions. ...
Dec 03, 2020
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Apple to press ahead on mobile privacy, despite Facebook protests
Apple said Thursday it would press ahead with mobile software changes that limit tracking for targeted advertising—a move that has prompted complaints from Facebook and others.
Nov 20, 2020
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