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RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox
2025-04-22 20:20

Chrome will keep third-party cookies, a win for web giant's ad rivals After six years of work, Google's Privacy Sandbox, technology for delivering ads while protecting privacy, looks like dust in...

Chrome 136 fixes 20-year browser history privacy risk
2025-04-13 14:18

​Google is fixing a long-standing privacy issue that, for years, enabled websites to determine users' browsing history through the previously visited links. [...]

UK’s Request to Keep Apple Privacy Case Secret Rejected
2025-04-08 19:00

The U.K.’s Home Secretary claimed that publishing details about the appeal would be prejudicial to national security, but judges disagreed.

Benefits from privacy investment are greater than the cost
2025-04-04 05:00

Cisco released its 2025 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. The report looks at global trends in data privacy and how they affect businesses. The study gathered responses from 2,600 privacy and security...

Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns
2025-04-02 21:09

The openSNP project, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down on April 30, 2025, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and the risk of misuse by...

iPhone & Android Users: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon
2025-03-17 22:59

This breakthrough will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging between different mobile platforms.

Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know
2025-03-17 17:27

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities.

Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
2025-03-14 13:09

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its...

UK watchdog probes TikTok and Reddit over child privacy concerns
2025-03-03 16:22

On Monday, the United Kingdom's privacy watchdog announced that it is investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur because of privacy concerns about how they are processing children's data. [...]

UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns
2025-03-03 12:23

ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the...