Due to an error in a Twitter API, a number of private messages from some users may have been made available to third party developers. The error was in the Account Activity API (AAAPI), which allows developers to create services for companies to communicate with customers. The error has been present... Read more
6 years ago
Google is strongly criticized for a feature that has recently been enabled on the web browser Chrome. Users who have Chrome 69 or newer and log in to a Google service are also automatically logged in to the web browser. It's an update that Google hasn't released and one that has serious consequences... Read more
6 years ago
The Canadian data firm AggregateIQ (AIQ) has the dubious honour of being the first to receive a GDPR warning. The British Information Commissioner Office (ICO) accuses the company of processing people's data for purposes they did not expect. According to the BBC, AIQ has protested and is appealing a... Read more
6 years ago
Red Hat was unable to meet analysts' expectations when presenting its quarterly results. As a result, the value of the company's shares fell by 7 percent. Red Hat turned in the second quarter of this year's sales of $ 823 million. However, the expectations are lower and higher. Analysts assumed a t... Read more
6 years ago
The National Police do not do enough to check who sees or uses certain data. For this reason, the Personal Data Authority has decided to impose a fine of 40,000 euros on the National Police. Previously, the police were ordered to take additional measures within six months to prevent unauthorised per... Read more
6 years ago
Amazon plans to open up to 3,000 cash-less supermarkets in the next few years. At the moment there are only a few of them, so the expansion would be a pretty aggressive step in the market. An interesting one too, because Amazon sees great potential for the concept. That's what anonymous sources with... Read more
6 years ago
New research shows that very few companies meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Since EU rules came into force three months ago, not all businesses have yet complied with the legislation. The survey was conducted by data company Talend SA, which states that 98 per... Read more
6 years ago
The team behind the Brave-browser has filed a complaint about Google with the authorities in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The company would have violated the new privacy rules in force since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Other ad tech companies are said to hav... Read more
6 years ago
By 2021, companies are expected to make use of augmented and virtual reality as standard. This is predicted by the Capgemini company, which predicts that there will be a major shift in the way in which companies use the techniques over the next three years. They will increasingly realise the added v... Read more
6 years ago
The Tor Project, the organization behind the privacy oriented Tor network, has launched the first mobile version of its Tor browser for Android. It replaces the unofficial Orfox browser, which is being discontinued. The Tor-browser for Android is available for free in the Google Play Store and is cu... Read more
6 years ago
