Consumer groups in 7 countries are asking European privacy regulators to take action against Google for GDPR violations, specifically, its “deceptive practices” related to location tracking.
Google fixed the Gmail bug that allowed email spoofing, a few hours after a disgruntled researcher published the exploit code. Google had delayed solving the issue by 137 days.
Class action data privacy lawsuit claims that Google app tracking continues to record user activity on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps despite users applying the recommended settings.
Google is making massive annual payments to Apple to be placed as the default search engine on its devices. Research indicates a price of $15 billion for the privilege in 2021.
The news of Google’s own Salesforce hack is also accompanied by a warning that there is now more clear evidence that ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider have formally joined forces, and that ShinyHunters is escalating to launching a leak site to put added pressure on its data breach victims.
Google has been issuing direct personal warnings to users that appear to have been targeted by a state-sponsored hacking group. The company has taken the unusual step of issuing a general public warning about an Iran-backed threat.
Google's argument to dismiss the privacy lawsuit was that the plaintiffs should have been aware that third-party apps that make use of Google Analytics tools might continue to collect location data about them independently. The judge determined that a "reasonable user" could not be expected to know that.
Google is making passkeys the default sign-in option across its services for all users. User feedback found that at least 64% of users said passkeys were easier to use than passwords or two-factor authentication.
Though Google is more reliant on targeted advertising for revenue than Apple, a recent report cites company insiders in suggesting that similar anti-tracking measures are being considered for Android.
Google Phases Out Use of Apple IDFA as New iOS 14 Ad Tracking Notifications Are Set for Early Spring
Google apps will no longer use the Apple IDFA or any other information that falls under the new privacy terms for ad tracking, which it says relieves it from having to present users with an opt-in pop-up.
