Google’s latest AI move shows Apple is on the right track, at least in one way
Today, Google announced its own version of what Apple is doing with Private Cloud Compute, in what may be a…
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Google makes it easier to delete the search, browsing and viewing history it keeps on you
Google is making it easier to see the search, browsing and YouTube viewing history it keeps on you, to delete any…
Surprise! Non-profit chaired by Eric Schmidt ranks Google above Apple in privacy, governance & freedom of expression
The 2017 Corporate Accountability Index – a company ranking put together by a non-profit chaired by Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt –…
FBI director continues push against Apple & Google on smartphone encryption (Video)
FBI Director James Comey isn’t backing down from his position that Apple and Google are wrong to encrypt customer smartphone…
Talking Schmidt: Google’s executive chairman challenges Tim Cook on privacy citing Chrome’s ‘incognito mode’
In his letter on privacy shared last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook contrasted the business model of Apple against that of…
Civil rights groups and tech companies express support for Apple’s stand against the FBI
Civil rights organizations have expressed strong support for Apple’s resistance to a court order instructing it to create special firmware that…
Apple has been fined $11M for misuse of customer data in Italy
Apple has been fined €10M ($11.3M) in Italy for what competition authorities say is the misuse of customer data. Google…
Apple was fined $2.1B last year, but could pay it all off in a week
Apple was fined a global total of more than $2.1B last year for antitrust violations, but the sum was only…
Comment: Apple really needs to spell out the contact tracing privacy features
If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear since Apple and Google’s API partnership, it’s that the coronavirus contact tracing…
Facebook, ironically, does better than Apple and Google at complying with GDPR requests
GDPR regulations give European citizens a legal right to see all the personal data held on them, among other rights….
Office 365 banned from German schools, Google Docs and iWork also ruled out [U]
Microsoft has found Office 365 banned from use in at least some German schools due to privacy concerns over the…
FBI director says officials have been in talks with Apple, Google over device encryption policies
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey expressed his concern today over Apple and Google’s decision to encrypt information stored on smartphones,…
FTC recommends Apple, Google, BlackBerry, Microsoft, & app devs improve mobile privacy disclosures
The Federal Trade Commission released a report today that recommends how owners of mobile platforms can better inform consumers about how…
Delete TikTok from app stores, says FCC commissioner to Apple and Google
An FCC commissioner has called on both Apple and Google to delete TikTok from their respective app stores, giving the…
Google Safari workaround class action lawsuit thrown out by UK’s Supreme Court
The UK’s Supreme Court has thrown out a Google Safari workaround class action lawsuit in which iPhone owners could have…
Report speculates that Google hasn’t updated its iOS apps in weeks to avoid providing privacy details
Apple officially rolled out its new App Privacy labels on the App Store last month, requiring developers to provide detailed…
Apple tricked into releasing personal data used to sexually extort minors
We learned last month that Apple was tricked into releasing personal data to hackers, after they posed as law enforcement…
GDPR fines total €56M in first year as Facebook faces 11 investigations
The stats are in for the first year of GDRP, Europe’s gold-standard data privacy law. GDPR fines totalled €56M, with…
Millions of British Safari users able to sue Google over secretly-dropped cookies
UK Safari users have been given the go-ahead to sue Google for continuing to drop cookies on their devices even…
Google and other ad companies have been tricking iOS Safari into accepting ad cookies, regardless of security settings
Internet giant Google found itself in a middle of a potential public relations nightmare following a Wall Street Journal article this morning. Tentatively…
Apple among those asking Obama to reject calls for government access to encrypted data
Apple and Google have co-signed a letter calling on President Obama to reject any government proposal to allow the government backdoor access…
Apple is holding Google in check when it comes to web privacy
Business Insider has an interesting look at the battle for web privacy — and how Apple is effectively keeping Google’s…
Apple-Google coronavirus API sees weakened adoption plan and criticisms in UK
The UK’s National Health Service has announced plans to adopt the Apple-Google coronavirus API jointly announced last week, but in a…
Tim Cook only CEO taking part in today’s White House cybersecurity summit
We learned earlier this week that Tim Cook would be speaking at a White House cybersecurity summit today, and it…