Privacy concerns have recently been raised by a revamped terror information agreement between the US and Canada that had kicked in even before the federal privacy watchdog was able to complete its assessment of the risk it may pose for Canadians. The program known as Tuscan,...
According to a recent poll by Reuters, only a handful of companies in Japan were confident to say that they are already equipped to deal with more onerous rules of the GDPR, such as those concerning data breaches and accommodating customer requests for personal data....
A new study by Positive Technologies says that around half of web applications put user data at risk and all have at least one vulnerability. According to the company’s Web Applications for Statistics report, attackers can steal personal data from as high as 44% apps that...
A group of parents who filed a class-action lawsuit against Disney August last year have amended their case to include Twitter’s MoPub and comScore as defendants. The parents accused Disney of allowing companies such as Twitter and four others to track young players of apps...
Privacy-focused browser Brave revealed this week that it has begun testing ads that reward users for watching them. The company behind the blockchain-based browser says that the voluntary testing of its ad model is the next step towards its pursuit of a consent-based, pro-privacy overhaul...
Google recently announced that it has given Google Account on Android a number of security and privacy upgrades to help users better manage their settings. The new interface, which was based on Google’s Material Design language, was launched this week and will be made available...
Verizon said this week that it will no longer sell phone location data to third parties after Senator Ron Wyden found that the data was being used to track people without their consent. Wyden discovered that a prison phone company called Securus Technologies used the data...
Keepsafe announced this week that it will be launching a new privacy-focused browser to expand its product lineup which includes its popular private photo app. Co-founder and CEO Zouhair Belkoura said that aside from focusing on privacy, the company strives to make all of Keepsafe’s products...
It was revealed this week that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government wants to deploy a "social media analytical tool" that will create digital profiles of citizens, less than a year before the country’s general elections. The tool is said to be designed to “gauge opinions on...
It was recently clarified by a security expert that customer data backed up to the iCloud can still be accessed by law enforcement. According to Jonathan Zdziarski, an Apple product specialist, the iCloud is basically just someone else’s computer. Apple CEO Tim Cook recently reiterated that...