A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in which Google will pay a $22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple's Safari browser. ...
Tags: Apple, browser, deal, Google, judge, Safari, settlement
SOFTWARE companies that make mobile phone apps were being investigated to determine whether they have violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from phones and sharing it with advertisers and data ...
Tags: mobile phone apps, Software, apps
IDG News Service-German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a ...
Tags: German consumer organizations, Facebook, social network, personal data
IDG News Service-A U.S.judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S.Federal Trade Commission,in which Google will pay a$22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple's ...
Tags: Judge, Privacy Case, Apple's Safari browser, settlement
Twenty-two U.S.privacy and consumer groups have voiced support for a tough online privacy proposal being considered by the European Union,even though some U.S.businesses and government officials have described the proposal as too ...
Tags: U.S., EU, EU's Proposed Privacy Rules, privacy protections online
California's top legal official has put the tech industry on notice that she intends to get tough on digital privacy. Attorney General Kamala Harris said Thursday she is forming a new group within the state's Justice Department, the ...
Tags: online privacy, US, Cybercrime, Hacking
IDG News Service - The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration's first step toward developing a consensus on mobile privacy standards may be the wrong step, privacy advocates said. The NTIA's first multistakeholder ...
Tags: mobile privacy, Privacy groups, mobile apps, mobile device