Tag: Privacy

Facebook Suing Chrome Extension Makers For Spying On Users
Facebook is suing the makers of four Chrome extensions, claiming the extensions are used to spy on users....
Read More
DuckDuckGo Hits 100 Million Daily Searches
Privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo has crossed a major threshold, passing 100 million daily searches....
Read More
Illinois Facebook Users Will Receive $350 From Settlement
Illinois Facebook users will be receiving roughly $350 from the landmark privacy case against the social media giant....
Read More
Swedish Court Strikes Dashes Huawei’s Hopes, Upholds Ban
A Swedish court has dismissed Huawei’s appeal of a ban preventing it from participating in the country’s 5G network....
Read More
WhatsApp Delays Privacy Changes Amid Backlash
Facebook’s WhatsApp has announced it will delay its privacy policy changes, amid one of the biggest waves of backlash the company has faced....
Read More
Signal Growing So Fast It Experienced Technical Issues
Signal has been adding so many new users that it experienced technical issues today. Signal is a...
Read More
Google Closes Fitbit Deal
Google has closed its Fitbit deal, despite investigations and concerns over potential privacy and antitrust implications....
Read More
TikTok Improves Privacy Protections For Children
TikTok has announced a number of changes aimed at improving privacy protections for children on its platform....
Read More
Equifax Acquiring Fraud Prevention Company Kount
Equifax has announced it is acquiring Kount, one of the leading fraud prevention companies. Equif...
Read More
Intel Introduces RealSense ID Facial Recognition
Intel has introduced RealSense ID Facial Authentication in an effort to deliver private, secure facial recognition....
Read More
Required WhatsApp Change Shares Significant User Data With Facebook
  [caption id="attachment_506927" align="alignleft" width="300"]...
Read More
TikTok Sending Job Applicant Personal Data to China
TikTok has experienced another embarrassing privacy issue, with the revelation it is sending the personal data of job applicants to China....
Read More
FTC Demands Answers From Big Tech on Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued orders to nine social media and video platforms, inquiring about their data practices....
Read More
Cloudflare, Apple and Fastly Create Improved, Private DNS
Engineers from Cloudflare, Apple and Fastly have worked together to create an improved DNS protocol that protects user privacy. DNS is the back...
Read More
Google and Barry Diller’s IAC At Odds Over Chrome Extensions
Google and IAC are at odds over what Google calls misleading marketing practices, putting a lucrative deal at stake. IAC/InterActive Corp. offe...
Read More
Get the WebProNews newsletter delivered to your inbox

Get the free daily newsletter read by decision makers

Subscribe
Advertise with Us

Ready to get started?

Get our media kit

Advertise with Us