Internet privacy
India’s Top Court Considers Whether Privacy Is A Right
India's Supreme Court began hearing submissions Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to...
Gmail To End Ad-Targeting Email Scans
Google’s decision to stop scanning Gmail users’ emails in order to target them with personalised adverts has been...
Snapchat Map Update Raises Child Safety Worries
An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents....
Google Set To End Controversy of Scanning Gmail To Target Ads
Google is set to eliminate an advertising format that has raised many privacy concerns among its Gmail users. Emails...
Google To Stop Scanning Gmail For Ad Targeting
Google said Friday it would stop scanning the contents of Gmail users' inboxes for ad targeting, moving to end a...
Personal Details of Nearly 200 Million US Citizens Exposed
Sensitive personal details relating to almost 200 million US citizens have been accidentally exposed by a marketing...
Deutsche Bank Snubs US Demand For Trump Family Data
Germany's Deutsche Bank said Friday it would not disclose any information on its links to US President Donald Trump and...
EU Fines Facebook 110 Mn Euros Over ‘misleading’ Info In WhatsApp…
The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing...
Facebook Takes Aim At ‘low Quality’ Websites
Facebook said Wednesday it was making changes designed to keep its users from linking to "low-quality" websites, part...
Facebook Accused of Targeting Vulnerable Teens With Predatory Ads
The Australian has obtained confidential internal documents from Facebook that supposedly show how it’s possible for...
Takedown of Underground Pedophile Network Nets 900 Arrests
Nearly 900 suspected pedophiles have been arrested and almost 300 children identified or rescued from their abusers...
Facebook Denies Targeting Insecure Users
Facebook has denied it is targeting insecure young people in order to push advertising, amid a row over a leaked...
Anger As US Internet Privacy Law Scrapped
US internet service providers will soon no longer need consent from users to share browsing history with marketers and...
Anger As US Internet Privacy Law Scrapped
US internet service providers will soon no longer need consent from users to share browsing history with marketers and...
US Lawmakers Roll Back Privacy Rules For Internet Carriers
US lawmakers voted Tuesday to roll back rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to...
VPN Users In China Megacity Chongqing Face Fines
People in the Chinese megacity Chongqing could be fined for using VPNs to jump over the country's "Great Firewall" that...
Secrets From Smart Devices Find Path To US Legal System
An Ohio man claimed he was forced into a hasty window escape when his house caught fire last year. His pacemaker data...
FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks
US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA...
FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks’
US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA...