The news came on the heels of other reports of smartphones being pre-installed with suspect apps.
Tag: Privacy
Yahoo follows Google’s footsteps; promises encrypted email by 2015
In 2015, Yahoo Mail would be end-to-end encrypted, and will also be compatible with end-to-end encryption for Gmail, which Google is currently working on.
Overwhelming response for Austrian Law student’s campaign against Facebook
Max Schrems: We are only claiming a small amount, as our primary objective is to ensure correct data protection.
Judge: Microsoft must handover data stored overseas to US authorities
Judge Loretta A. Preska said that the data, no matter where it is stored, is controlled by US-based company, and the matter concerns is only and not the location.
Austrian law student takes Facebook to court over violation of data privacy laws
Facebook users outside Canada and US are urged to join the Austrian case which claims 500 Euros ($670) per user from the social network giant in damages.
Edward Snowden wants global hackers to develop anti-surveillance technology
Snowden: We the people — you the people, you in this room right now — have both the means and the capability to improve the future by encoding our rights into programs and protocols by which we rely every day. [..] and that’s what a lot of my future work is going to be involved in, and I hope you’ll join me in making that a reality.
Facebook’s secret 2012 psychological experiment under inquiry by UK regulator
The social networking giant could face up to £500000 penalty over its ‘unethical’ emotion study involving user’s privacy rights!
ICO reminds Brits to be mindful of privacy laws while using Google Glass
Andrew Paterson: “organisations must not lose sight of the fact that wearables must still operate in compliance with the law and consumers’ personal information must be looked after.”
Google starts forgetting Europeans
Less than a month after the ‘right to be forgotten’ form was pushed live, Google has already started acting on the requests.
Europeans to have same privacy rights as US citizens to seek judicial redress
Not any signal for the end of the spying programs by NSA, but it’s some leverage for EU citizens that US citizens already have!
US Federal Judge allows lawsuit against LinkedIn
LinkedIn: We will continue to contest the remaining claims, as we believe they have no merit.
Microsoft stands strong against US request for email data disclosure
Microsoft: Government cannot conscript Microsoft to do what it has no authority to do.
Google to flag ‘right to be forgotten’ results
Google feels European users will have to know that certain search results have been removed!
Path to bring ‘24-hour’ ephemeral messaging next week
Catching up with the rising trend of ephemeral messaging, Path adds messages that disappear in 24 hours!
Special taskforce of EU privacy watchdogs to oversee Google removal requests
Privacy watchdogs to keep an eye on Google over how it handles removal requests and complaints from users if any