privacy

US Senate Votes in Favor of ISPs Selling User Web History, Nixes FCC Privacy Laws

With a vote of 50-48, a Republican majority US senate has voted to strip away Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband…

8 years ago

Facezam Uses Face Recognition to Let You Creep on Facebook Profiles

A UK startup has launched a new app for finding Facebook users by using a photo of their face that…

8 years ago

Europe Expresses On-Going Concerns over Windows 10 Privacy

  The European Union’s data protection organisations have again expressed concern over the default privacy settings in Microsoft’s Windows 10,…

8 years ago

2016 Yahoo Security Breach Still not Secured

US telecoms giant has snapped up Yahoo for $4.48 billion, which is $350 million less than it had originally agreed…

8 years ago

Researchers Claim Anonymized Web History Not So Anonymous

Researchers from Standford and Princeton University have released a study showing that anonymized web behaviour can still be identified via…

8 years ago

Popular Meitu “Beauty” App Raises Severe Privacy Concern

Chinese app Meitu which has gained extreme popularity worldwide allowing users to apply "beauty" filters and virtual makeup to their…

8 years ago

Toy Dolls Discovered to be Recording Conversations, Violate Privacy Laws

Privacy advocacy groups are warning of certain internet-connected toy dolls using voice recognition technology subjecting users to ongoing surveillance without…

8 years ago

Pirate Party Asked to Form Iceland’s New Government

Iceland is to become the first country in the world to have “Pirate” politicians in power after the nation’s Pirate…

8 years ago

Uber Now Tracks Users Up to 5 Minutes After Ride Ends

Privacy advocates such as the Electronic Privacy Information Center have raised concern regarding the latest update for the Uber ride…

8 years ago

Big Brother Belgium: “Facebook is the Privacy Villain of the Year”

Protecting your privacy online is an upwards struggle and websites typically stores vast sums of data about your identity. Of…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Internet-Connected Home PCs Not Private Says US Court

Home computer users should have no expectation of privacy if their system is connected to the internet, a federal judge…

8 years ago

iOS 10 Won’t Collect Data If You Don’t Want It To

These days the whole decision behind companies and software comes down to as simple a thing as their policies and…

8 years ago

The FBI is Allowed to Hack Anyone Anywhere!

When it comes to questionable legal practices, the FBI almost has a storybook written on it. From their part in…

8 years ago

The FBI’s Databases Will Be Exempt From Privacy Protections

When it comes to your information, keeping it up to date and private are some of the most important things…

8 years ago