European plans to use apps in virus tracking face setbacks
Doubts were growing on Thursday over whether ambitious plans by European governments to use contact-tracing apps to fight the spread of the coronavirus will be able to be implemented with any real effectiveness soon.
Privacy groups say TikTok app violates children’s privacy
TikTok uses the data it collects from users, like their location, what's in their messages and what videos they watch, to figure out what new videos to show them and for targeted advertising.
Senate narrowly rejects new limits on internet surveillance
A debate has erupted in Congress over whether to protect the browsing history of internet users. The Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information without seeking a…
Europe eyes smartphone location data to slow virus spread
European governments are evaluating invasive human-tracking tools to pinpoint carriers of the novel coronavirus and determine who they might be infecting, worrying privacy advocates…
The National Court said that freedom of expression took precedence over personal data protection in this case. But it said that given the circumstances the person's acquittal was important too.
Google disputes the allegations, saying the service allows schools to control account access and requires they obtain parental consent when necessary.
The practices are largely the same as they were before, but Google says it's now trying to use plain language.
Our relationship with technology is more integrated into our daily lives than ever. In 2010, just over a third of American adults owned a smartphone; now the figure is more than 80 percent. But our comfort with technology -- and…
Data privacy experts caution that current laws and regulations do little to hold Google and other companies that collect health data to their promises.
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