Earlier this week, Apple announced that it had hired former Google Assistant architect John Giannandrea to further Siri’s development. Observers have noted that the move could have a significant impact on the privacy protections of Apple’s smart assistant. It is said that Giannandrea’s biggest challenge...
Facebook’s recent privacy problems has highlighted the need for greater data protection laws around the world and it has raised attention particularly in African countries, most of which do not have specific laws or regulations to protect the privacy of individuals. Countries such as Kenya has...
Security researchers recently found that a popular live chat widget used by a number of high-profile websites has been leaking the sensitive data of employees. The widgets, provided by LiveChat and TouchCommerce, are said to leak the information of the support staffer which could include his...
In an interview last Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that he agreed “in spirit” with the EU’s new data privacy laws, but did not give a definite answer as to whether such privacy protections would be extended to other regions. Zuckerberg revealed that they were...
Facebook confirmed this week that discarded video drafts made by users had not been deleted due to a bug and assured the public that it had already addressed the problem. New York Magazine discovered last week that discarded video drafts which were thought to be deleted...
Indonesian Communications Minister Rudiantara threatened last Friday to shut down Facebook in the country if he finds evidence that the personal data of Indonesians had been harvested, or the social network had failed to crack down on "fake news" during the upcoming elections. In an interview,...
The Norwegian Consumer Council had reportedly filed a case against dating app Grindr for breaching national and European data protection laws when it was found that the user’s HIV status was being shared by the app. Norwegian research outfit SINTEF found that Grindr users were not...
Earlier this week, French president Emmanuel Macron said in an interview that Google and Facebook are becoming too big to be governed and suggested that the companies may need to be dismantled. Macron commented that while the tech giants were welcome in France, they have also...
Security researcher Brian Krebs revealed last Monday that data belonging to around 7 millions of Panera Bread customers had been exposed for as long as eight months. Information including names, email addresses, physical addresses, dates of birth, loyalty card numbers, and the last four digits of...
A number of users and some security experts recently expressed their concern upon learning that the upgraded version of Chrome is able to scan files on Windows computers. Last week, Kelly Shortridge from SecurityScorecard tweeted that she found Chrome to be scanning the Documents folder...