Safari gets major privacy updates and the ability to put web apps in your dockEnhancements to Private Browsing make you harder to track and identify. By T. O'Brien, 06.05.2023
iMessage Contact Key Verification could arrive with iOS 16.6The feature makes an appearance in the latest iOS beta. By I. Bonifacic, 05.20.2023
Google details its next steps for wiping out Chrome tracking cookiesThe Privacy Sandbox API will launch in July’s Chrome release, followed by live testing later this year.By W. Shanklin, 05.18.2023
Google will start purging inactive accounts later this yearIf yours has been dormant for two years, you’ll receive an email reminding you to log in and keep it active.By W. Shanklin, 05.16.2023
Twitter says a 'security incident' led to private Circle tweets becoming publicThe company claims it "immediately fixed" the issue. By I. Bonifacic, 05.07.2023
The FTC wants to ban Meta from profiting from kids' dataThe agency says the company has failed to comply with a 2020 privacy order.By K. Holt, 05.03.2023
Apple and Google team up to tackle Bluetooth tracker stalkingSamsung and Tile are backing the proposed industry standards.By K. Holt, 05.02.2023
Hitting the Books: Who's excited to have their brainwaves scanned as a personal ID?We could soon unlock our phones with a thought... after giving Big Tech access to our EEGsBy A. Tarantola, 04.30.2023
ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary banOpenAI says it has addressed several conditions that a regulator laid out.By K. Holt, 04.28.2023
OpenAI improves ChatGPT privacy with new data controlsIt’s also launching an upcoming business subscription that will omit user data from training by default.By W. Shanklin, 04.25.2023
Here's how to claim your cut of Meta's $725 million Cambridge Analytica class action settlementUS users have until August 25th to submit a claim. By I. Bonifacic, 04.19.2023
Twitter bug makes some private Circle tweets publicYour secret tweets may be visible to strangers.By J. Fingas, 04.10.2023
Tesla employees reportedly shared videos captured by cameras on customers' carsThey even shared a clip of a child being hit by a car, according to Reuters.By K. Holt, 04.06.2023
Two alcohol recovery startups just got caught sharing private user dataMore than 100,000 patients are impacted. By L. Bonk, 04.05.2023
Google will require that Android apps let you delete your account and dataYou might not have to worry about leaving sensitive info at risk.By J. Fingas, 04.05.2023
UK privacy watchdog fines TikTok $15.8 million for misusing kids' dataIt says TikTok broke its own rules by letting up to 1.4 million under-13s use the app.By K. Holt, 04.04.2023
Clearview CEO claims company's database of scraped images is now 30 billion strongPolice have used the software nearly 1 million times, according to Hoan Ton-That.By I. Bonifacic, 03.28.2023
New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devicesAs with the US, UK and Canada, it cited security concerns.By K. Holt, 03.17.2023
TikTok CEO says selling the app won't satisfy US security concernsThe government has reportedly told TikTok to divest itself from China-based parent company ByteDance.By K. Holt, 03.16.2023
Mozilla brings its cookie protection tool to Firefox for AndroidIt prevents cookies from being shared across websites. By S. Fielding, 03.14.2023