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Google Promises To Delete User Location History When Healthcare Clinics Are Visited

July 12, 2022

Google said it would be automatically wiping logs of location history when a variety of healthcare clinics are visited: abortion providers, domestic violence shelters, addiction treatment facilities, fertility clinics and counseling centers among them.

Data Privacy News

FCC Commissioner Renews Calls for App Stores To Remove TikTok, Citing National Security Concerns

July 4, 2022

FCC commissioner is calling for app stores to give TikTok the boot over national security concerns based on a leak of internal audio recordings of TikTok meetings showing engineers in China had backdoor access to the data of all of its users.

Aerial view of Gran Via, main shopping street in Madrid, Spain showing Google GDPR Fine for violating right to be forgotten

Data Protection News

Spain Hands Google €10 Million GDPR Fine for Violation of “Right To Be Forgotten” Rules

June 6, 2022

Spanish data protection authority AEPD called the two infringements that led to the GDPR fine "very serious." Both relate to Google's transfer of EU citizen data to the US.

Google Chrome application icon on mobile phone showing DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension blocks ad targeting

Data Privacy News

DuckDuckGo Escalates Showdown With Google; Chrome Extension Now Blocks Google Topics and FLEDGE Ad Targeting System

June 3, 2022

FLEDGE and Google Topics can now be blocked either individually or together in the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension. Together, FLEDGE and Topics are meant to replace the standard tracking cookie used for ad targeting.

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Cyber Security News

FIDO Passwordless Authentication Coming for Apple, Google, Microsoft Services

May 17, 2022

While the tech companies seem to be in full support of passwordless authentication, the tech community remains divided on whether it is really "ready for primetime."

Security lock with a hole on computer circuit board showing zero-day vulnerabilities

Cyber Security News

Record High Number of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Numbers May Be Owed to Improved Detection Says Mandiant and Google

April 25, 2022

New studies from FireEye Mandiant Threat Intelligence and Google’s Project Zero found that 2021 was a record year for zero-day vulnerabilities, more than doubling the amount seen in 2020.

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Data Privacy News

“Jedi Blue” Header Bidding Deal Between Facebook and Google Will Face Antitrust Probes

March 22, 2022

The secret "Jedi Blue" deal that is facing antitrust probes involves Facebook refraining from engaging in "header bidding," a practice that tends to take money out of Google's coffers.

Data Privacy Insights

Google’s Differential Privacy Tools Still Don’t Solve Most of Our Data Problems

March 17, 2022

Google’s latest differential privacy tools are a step in the right direction but still have a few limitations when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. The approach doesn’t account for who decides what level of “noise” will appropriately protect user privacy.

Data Privacy News

Google Plans New Privacy Changes for Ad Tracking: “Privacy Sandbox” Being Expanded to Android, Positioning as Less “Blunt” Alternative to Apple

February 22, 2022

Google recently announced that its Privacy Sandbox initiative is now also being rolled out for Android, in a move comparable to the ad tracking privacy changes made by Apple in 2021.

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Data Privacy News

Google Taken to Court by Washington DC & Three States Over “Deceptive” Location Tracking Practice

February 2, 2022

The coalition of states claims that settings that ostensibly turned off location tracking did not actually disable it fully, allowing Google to continue collecting user location data through other methods.

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Google Promises To Delete User Location History When Healthcare Clinics Are Visited

FCC Commissioner Renews Calls for App Stores To Remove TikTok, Citing National Security Concerns

DuckDuckGo Escalates Showdown With Google; Chrome Extension Now Blocks Google Topics and FLEDGE Ad Targeting System

FIDO Passwordless Authentication Coming for Apple, Google, Microsoft Services

Record High Number of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Numbers May Be Owed to Improved Detection Says Mandiant and Google

“Jedi Blue” Header Bidding Deal Between Facebook and Google Will Face Antitrust Probes

Google’s Differential Privacy Tools Still Don’t Solve Most of Our Data Problems

Google Plans New Privacy Changes for Ad Tracking: “Privacy Sandbox” Being Expanded to Android, Positioning as Less “Blunt” Alternative to Apple

Google Taken to Court by Washington DC & Three States Over “Deceptive” Location Tracking Practice

Module Installed in Over 100 Android Apps Contained Spyware, Infected Over 421 Million Downloads

Apria Healthcare Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Information of Nearly 2 Million Patients

Wave of Employer ChatGPT Bans Continues as Apple Restricts Internal Use of AI Tools

Sensitive Patient Information Was Sent Through Meta Pixel by NHS Trusts