Using Google’s products and services has always been fundamentally precarious—doing so gives the world’s largest advertising company a lot of juicy personal data. Google has long said it won’t use the sensitive data from products like Gmail, Drive, and Photos for ad personalization, but a change to the company’s privacy policy appears to dismantle that ..
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The $25 billion award far exceeds a $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook in 2019. The post Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook appeared first on SecurityWeek. https://www.securityweek.com/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25-billion-for-deceiving-users-about-privacy-on..
Smart TVs running operating systems from Samsung, Vizio, and Roku continue sending data to automatic content recognition (ACR) endpoints after users opt out of tracking in the devices’ settings, according to research published on Monday. The paper from Northeastern University researchers points to potential privacy violations from some of the biggest TV brands. ACR captures ..
I dati di milioni di studenti e insegnanti potrebbero finire nelle mani delle grandi Big Tech per l’addestramento dei sistemi di intelligenza artificiale. E’ questo l’allarme dell’ETUCE (Comitato sindacale europeo per l’istruzione, o European Trade Union Committee for Education), la principale federazione sindacale europea che rappresenta gli insegnanti e il personale della scuola e dell’università, ..
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data. The post Google Hit With $463 Million Fine for EU Location Data Rule Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. https://www.securityweek.com/google-hit-with-463-million-fine-for-eu-location-data-ru..
Forse in pochi ci avevano pensato, ma dal momento che gli agenti AI navigano sul Web per raccogliere informazioni e compiere operazioni per conto degli utenti, potrebbe essere una buona idea mascherarne le attività per evitare di fornire contesti non voluti a siti web e servizi di cui non sappiamo granché. Bitdefender ha infatti presentato ..
Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan of my ID was available for sale on the dark web. An exposé published Tuesday by KrebsOnSecurity reports that my license was one of more than 153 million that were ..
DuckDuckGo is the best private search engine for most people, but it is not the right answer for every threat model. We examined what seven active services collect, where their results come from, how they make money, and whether their AI can really be turned off. Read below for the full list and analysis. Editor’s ..
Apple contro il Governo britannico: nuova battaglia legale sull’accesso ai dati crittografati di iCloud A poco più di un anno dal primo duro scontro tra Apple e il Governo britannico, la disputa sulla crittografia dei dati torna davanti ai giudici. Il colosso di Cupertino ha infatti avviato una nuova azione legale contro il Regno Unito ..
Governments around the world are suddenly very keen on online age verification requirements. In some places, this takes the form of ID requirements to access adult content, but several US states have also focused on app stores. With these laws now going into effect, Google has announced an expansion of its beta Play Age Signals ..
