Data Collection
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Graphics Drivers For Intel Will Now Collect Telemetry Data By Default
In an effort to improve their graphics cards, Intel’s latest graphics driver update quietly introduced a new change surrounding telemetry data collection. Intel Telemetry Collection As shared by TechPowerUp, Intel has introduced a “Compute Improvement Program” component into their setup options with the latest 101.4578 beta drivers enabled by default.…
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Amazon Faces Lawsuit For Collecting Childrens Data
Amazon may be facing a government lawsuit regarding the collection of data on children with its Alexa-powered smart speakers. Amazon Collecting Childrens Data? In a report by Bloomberg it is said that the FTC is investigating Amazon on a complaint that Amazon’s “Alexa-powered speakers are collecting information about children under…
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The Netherlands Rules Windows 10 Data Collection Illegal
First, France kicked up a stink about it, and now neighbour Holland is joining in: the Dutch Data Protection Authority rules that Microsoft’s Windows 10 data collection policy violates data protection law. In particular, the authority takes exception to Microsoft gathering data without explicit user consent. Should Microsoft fail to…
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Windows 10 Creators Update Will Feature Better Privacy Controls
When Microsoft launched Windows 10, the company changed the long-standing way their OS functioned and updated. Moving to a software as a service model, Microsoft made Windows 10 updatable like its mobile counterparts. It also introduced many privacy infringing features aimed at improving data collection on users. Obviously, many were…
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Could France Ban Windows 10?
French authorities have issued Microsoft a formal notice to stop collecting data via Windows 10. According to the notice, issued by the Chair of the National Data Protection Commission (CNIL), Microsoft’s latest operating system is in breach of the French Data Protection Act by collecting user data and tracking browsing…
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Microsoft: Windows 10 Core Telemetry Cannot be Disabled
When users first discovered that Windows 10 would be sending back data to Microsoft, many were not surprised. Features like Cortana require data collection and some hoped that data collection could be turned off eventually. Now it looks like we’re getting confirmation that Windows 10 probably won’t ever disable all of…
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Facebook Collects All Text Typed Into it, Whether Posted or Not
It’s no secret that Facebook is greedy for your data – it’ll take anything you offer up and sell it on to advertisers – but it has been revealed that the social networking site collects all text that is typed into it, from status updates to private messages, whether the…
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Leaked NSA Documents Suggest Skype Traffic Surveillance
Leaked documents from the US National Security Agency (NSA), provided by Edward Snowden and published on Sunday by German newspaper Der Spiegel, show that the NSA has full access to traffic over Skype. That includes voice calls, video calls, instant messaging, and file sharing from specific persons of interest, and…
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U.S. Justice Department Seeks Appeal On NSA Metadata Programs
We recently brought you the story on a Federal Judge in America stating that the NSA’s metadata programs or put more simply it’s surveillance programs were a vital tool to protect Americans and their safety. However before this ruling another Federal Judge ruled that the Surveillance programs were likely unconstitutional…
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NSA Phone Surveillance Is Legal And Vital?
The American Civil Liberties Union has had their case against the NSA dismissed, with a US district Judge ruling that collection of data from phones is lawful. For those that don’t know in June the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit to challenge the NSA’s collection of phone records…
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White House Trying To Prevent Ruling On NSA
The White House has acknowledged for the first time that the NSA’s bulk data collection of internet and phone activity was authorized by President Bush after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. With the administration of current President Barack Obama, filing papers with the Northern Districts of California to…
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