Taiwan’s communication regulator on Tuesday cleared 12 of the world’s major smartphone makers–including Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi of breaching local data protection laws. The National Communications Commission said that all the 12…
Tag: Privacy
US Judge denies Facebook’s request to dismiss a class action lawsuit dealing with users’ privacy
A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Facebook’s request to dismiss a class action lawsuit which accused the social media giant of violating its users’ privacy by scanning their private messages for targeted…
iOS users more security, privacy obsessive than Android users claims new research
iOS users are more bothered about their security and privacy as compared to Android users, new research claims. According to a research conducted by cloud storage iDrive, iPhone users take their privacy…
Mobile apps still secretly collect personal information about children
Online app stores are filled with software programs that secretly collect vast amounts of data on young web and app users, including their location and even recordings of their voice, latest report…
Blackphone to roll out world’s first security-focused app store in January 2015
Privacy oriented phone-maker Blackphone has updated its operating system to add the world’s first security-focused app store and more. The updated version of Blackphone’s custom Android software PrivatOS will feature the most…
WhatsApp Android app gets end-to-end encryption
WhatsApp on Tuesday announced its partnership with Open Whisper Systems will see end-to-end encryption being added to its Android messaging app. “End-to-end” encryption is the safest option as compared to encryption features…
Samaritans Radar app suspended amid ‘serious concerns’
Samaritans has suspended its Samaritans Radar app, which intended to detect when people on Twitter appeared to be suicidal, due to ‘serious concerns’. Samaritans Radar is designed to analyse Tweets from users…
Samaritans Radar under fire over privacy concerns
Recently rolled out app from Samaritans dubbed ‘Samaritans Radar’ is facing an immediate backlash over unintended privacy concerns from privacy activists who are calling out for the app’s effective shutdown. The new…
EFF: Verizon tracking mobile data users; bypassing privacy controls
In a startling revelation, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has claimed that mobile operator Verizon Wireless is tracking its mobile users’ internet habits by injecting a cookie-like tracker at the network level unbeknown…
Microsoft pledges to protect student information
While there are a lot of concerns about tech giants serving the field of education that opens up several possibilities for misuse of students’ personal information, Microsoft has stepped up to convince…
Schmidt: Cook is misinformed, Google far more secure than Apple
In what is thought to be a rebuttal, Eric Shmidt, Executive Chairman at Google said that Google’s systems are far more secure than those of Apple and that Tim Cook is a…
German Watchdog warns Google over user profiling
Hamburg’s commissioner for data protection: Google is ordered to take the necessary technical and organisational measures to guarantee that their users can decide on their own if and to what extend their data is used for profiling.
Facebook ‘Privacy Checkup’ tool puts you in command
Facebook has made its ‘Privacy Checkup’ feature, which was announced in May, available to all its users enabling them to review all the stuff they share on the social network manually as…
8 of 10 people have privacy concerns over wearable & IoT devices
The research study titled “State of the Internet of Things” also revealed that 40 percent of the respondents would not share information with anyone no matter what the perks.
Facebook: Messenger rumours aren’t true; get the facts straight
Facebook: You might have heard the rumors going around about the Messenger app. Some have claimed that the app is always using your phone’s camera and microphone to see and hear what you’re doing. These reports aren’t true, and many have been corrected. Still, we want to address some concerns you might have.