Barnes & Noble confirms hack exposed customer details
The attack also took down the Nook e-reader platform.
Personal Data
Google's latest Chrome extension shows detailed ad-tracking data
It shows advertisers, the number of ads per page and personal data used.
Google will auto-delete new users' web data after 18 months
At least for new users.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
India's proposed data laws give the government more access to data
Companies could be required to ask permission before collecting users' info.
752,000 US birth certificate applications were exposed online
TechCrunch discovered a data cache that isn’t protected by a password.
Amnesty International: Facebook and Google are a threat to human rights
Amnesty is concerned with their 'surveillance-based business model.'
Google is making its differential privacy tool available to all developers
The tech giant thinks it will help other companies with their own privacy efforts.
Surprise: People are listening to your Google Assistant queries
Google admits it transcribes a small percentage of audio recordings.
