‘Google Analytics may be banned in the Netherlands’
Dutch privacy regulator Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) is warning that Google Analytics may soon be banned.
The reason for the warning is yesterday's news that the Austrian privacy regulator finds that the tool unnecessarily collects data from cookies and sends it to the United States. The unn...
Google to face a privacy lawsuit
Google CEO was summoned to defend accusations over incognito browsing in the Chrome browser.
A lawsuit was filed in June of 2020 where Alphabet Inc's Google was accused of tracking users' activity while in incognito mode. As a result, the chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, was summoned to...
Netgear announces new security features for Netgear Armor
Netgear, the networking hardware giant, announced several new cybersecurity and privacy features for one of its most popular offerings. The Netgear Armor security product, embedded into routers like Nighthawk and Orbi, will now detect threats using a method designed specifically for smart appliance...
Coursera’s newly discovered flaws may have exposed private user data
It is emerging that online education provider Coursera may have exposed user data. The revelation comes after researchers at Checkmarx, an application security testing company, found vulnerabilities in Coursera's platform.
The flaws were publicized on Thursday and relate to a range of Coursera...
EU court rules: ISPs can be forced to release customer data
Belgian ISP Telenet has been ordered to hand over data on BitTorrent users
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has ruled that Internet Service Providers can be forced to hand over IPs, names, and postal addresses to intellectual property rights holders or third parties. The request ...
Europe’s GDPR needs to be overhauled, says its chief architect
The woman who led the development of the wide-ranging law now says it badly needs rewriting.
Former EU justice chief Viviane Reding has called for a revision of Europe’s data protection regime, according to a report in POLITICO. Her calls for the legal overhaul come just three years after the...
Human rights organisations want stricter EU rules for WhatsApp and Skype
A coalition of human rights organisations is asking European lawmakers to set strict rules for WhatsApp and Skype. The organisations believe that some countries in the EU are weakening privacy rights.
The coalition consists of thirty human rights organisations, including Amnesty International an...
Privacy group files privacy complaint against Google in France
The Austrian group NOYB claims Android phones violate Europeans' right to privacy.
Privacy group NOYB has instigated a new complaint about Google's use of the Android Advertising ID (AAID) to track users. They claim that the identifiers that the Android system uses are in clear violation of EU l...
Facebook will not notify half-billion users affected by data leak
What's more, the tech giant is still refusing to do anything about the problem.
Facebook did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were recently made public in a database. Facebook had originally obtained the leaked details through the misuse of a feature before 2019. To make ...
Apple will soon start requiring privacy pop-ups
Apple has announced that in the coming weeks, it will start asking users about their privacy preferences. Apps that sell user data to third parties must first ask for permission to do so.
The new policy will take effect sometime in the coming weeks, writes Reuters. To be exact, the mandatory req...
For Sale: 533 million Facebook users’ records
A hacking forum is offering a database containing more than 533 million Facebook users’ details. The database was first noticed by Alon Gal, the Chief Technology Officer of Hudson Rock on April 3rd and was posted by a user called TomLiner on Raid Forums.
It claims that the information includes...
EU and US in talks over new privacy deal
The European Union and the United States are negotiating on the handling of personal data. The two world powers are looking for a way to make it possible for private data to cross the Atlantic without violating European legislation.
The talks are being spurred on by tech giants such as Facebook,...