Google’s Acquisition of Fitbit may have privacy implications if they combine the health and fitness data with what they know about users from search and other Google services. Read More
Google has recently come up with a new term “helpful home” which is defined to respect consumer privacy while having the benefits of smart home devices to make your life easier. Read More
Google recently won the court case over not applying ‘right to be forgotten’ rules globally. It defended the policy as a way to balance the right to personal privacy and the right to freedom of information. Read More
Google appears to be limiting the web privacy powers of W3C Privacy Interest Group by being the only member to vote “No” in giving PING the ability to block new technical specification with negative implications. Read More
European Court of Justice recently ruled in favour of Google over a €100,000 fine imposed by French regulators for refusing to apply ‘right to be forgotten’ requests worldwide. Read More
Instead of sending personally identifiable information directly to advertisers, Google is allegedly using hidden web tracking pages to keep its online advertising profitable. Read More
Google’s new “Privacy Sandbox” privacy standards proposal is a compromise solution for programmatic advertising while respecting users’ privacy when they browsing the web. Read More
Google and Apple are having a debate over privacy as a luxury good with Apple offering privacy enhancements on its expensive devices while Google wants consumers to believe privacy is their fundamental civil right. Read More
Irish DPC is launching an investigation on potential GDPR violation of Google’s Ad Exchange online ad system which is active on 8.4 million websites worldwide. Read More
Scanning images in billions of users’ files without warrants, is Google helping the U.S. government to conduct warrantless searches and violating the Fourth Amendment? Read More
