On Tuesday, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) is looking into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules…
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Apple not benefiting from privacy changes that kneecapped Facebook
Apple released a new report on Tuesday which refutes accusations that it profits from App Tracking Transparency privacy framework…
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency works, but there are loopholes, bypasses, and outright violations
Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across…
Farmville-maker Zynga’s ad business in focus as Apple’s App Tracking Transparency stings
Zynga’s ad revenue will be in focus when the company reports results on Monday, as investors track the impact of recent changes in Apple’s…
Unity Software stock jumps 10% as analysts credit it with skirting Apple’s ad tracking changes
Unity Software shares rose Wednesday after analysts applauded the gaming-software company’s growth and its ability to dodge…
Apple defeats attempt by TikTok, others to circumvent App Tracking Transparency in China
Apple has successfully defeated an attempt by TikTok and others to circumvent App Tracking Transparency in China …
Google delays Chrome’s cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years
Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing back a plan to block third-party cookies until late 2023…
Apple’s users privacy push helps ad firms recover from COVID-19 response
The move by Apple to promote user privacy is creating an opportunity for advertising companies that were hit hard by the response to COVID…
Developer: Apple’s privacy push is an ‘atomic bomb’ for advertisers
Apple’s App Store is designed to be a safe and trusted place for users to discover apps created by developers from around the world…
Austrian privacy activist says Google illegally tracks Android users
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed a complaint against Google in France alleging that it illegally tracks users on Android…
Zuckerberg now says Facebook may be in a ‘stronger position’ after Apple boosts privacy
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said he is confident the social media company “will be able to manage through” Apple’s privacy …
Apple: App Tracking Transparency rules will apply to all apps worldwide, even in China
After reports that Chinese app developers are preparing workarounds for the company’s upcoming App Tracking Transparency rules that…
Apple’s stronger privacy protections strengthens its walled garden
Apple’s move to increase privacy strengthens its walled garden, as the company will will present users with a prompt to allow apps…
How Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook
Apple’s upcoming anti-tracking privacy feature hurts Facebook, which is is particularly worried about losing the ability to track…
Twitter CFO says Apple’s new privacy change will level the playing field
Twitter CFO Ned Segal said the company is feeling confident as it prepares for Apple’s planned privacy update to iOS 14 where users will…
How advertisers will target you after the death of browser cookies
Next year, Alphabet Inc’s Google will follow Apple’s lead, natch, and phase out browser cookies in its Chrome browser…
Facebook tries ads to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked
Facebook on Thursday launched an ad campaign that attempts to convince users to allow themselves to be tracked so that Facebook can serve…
Looming Apple privacy changes worry Snap despite revenue growth
On Thursday, Snap Inc., maker of the photo-messaging app Snapchat, warned that upcoming privacy changes by Apple could hurt Snap’s ad…
Facebook attempts to convince users to let themselves be tracked ahead of Apple’s privacy tool
Facebook plans to attempt to convince users allow the company to further invade their privacy by approving tracking of their iPhones and iPads…
No, Facebook did not log out users to install tracking software on Apple iPhones
A rumor has ben circulating that a recent app outage was planned so Facebook’s developers could install tracking software onto Apple iPhones…
Apple will pull apps that don’t comply with new user tracking privacy feature
Apple on Tuesday said the company would remove apps from the App Store if developers do not comply with the upcoming privacy feature…
Apple slams Facebook for user-tracking and ad-targeting practices
Apple on Thursday slammed Facebook and others (read “Google”) for their user-tracking and ad-targeting practices in response to…
Apple delays iOS 14 ad tracking policy that had Facebook fuming
Apple is delaying its new rules around in-app ad tracking in iOS 14, postponing the disclosure requirement that had Facebook publicly fuming…
Facebook warns that Apple’s privacy-focused iOS 14 could utterly crush its ad network
Facebook wrote in the risk factors section of its most recent quarterly SEC filing: “We rely on data signals from user activity on websites…
US government using cellphones to track Americans’ movements during coronavirus pandemic
US government officials are using location data from cellphones to track American’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be…
iPhone users could get £750 from Google ‘illegal’ tracking of data, including race, health, politics and sexuality
Google siphoned personal data, including information on physical and mental heath, political affiliations, sexuality and sexual interests from iPhone users…
U.S. appeals court voids Google ‘cookie’ privacy settlement that paid Safari, Explorer browser users nothing
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Google’s class-action settlement meant to resolve claims it invaded the privacy of millions of computer users…
Apple charts the future of private, premium tech – alone
Leading up to its 30th Annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Apple is channeling its unique hardware savvy to create a future that is powerful, premium, accessible to everyone, and private to yourself…
Experimental Safari feature points to a future with tracker-free ads
Apple thinks it has come up with a way for advertisers to track how well their ads…
Apple to launch new privacy feature for ad tracking in browser
Users will not be uniquely identified across websites they visit in order to track ad clicks…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google ad tracking
Facebook and other companies routinely track your online surfing habits to better target ads…
Alphabet Inc’s Google could face $4.3 billion claim in U.K. iPhone privacy case
iPhone users suing Google over data-collection claims may be seeking as much as 3.2 billion pounds ($4.29 billion)…
Google could be forced to pay over five million iPhone users £2.7 billion for selling their data without their consent
Google could be forced to pay over five million iPhone users £2.7 billion in compensation…
Google responds to Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention with new Google Analytics cookie is designed to keep ad tracking from Safari intact
Starting this month, Google is making changes to the way it captures and reports on conversions in AdWords…
Sorry, but Silicon Valley isn’t special anymore
Steve Jobs once said, speaking about the irreverent culture he helped create…
How Google is secretly recording Android settlers, monitoring millions of conversations every day and storing the creepy audio files
Google has effectively turned millions of its users’ smartphones into listening devices
Google Chrome under attack: Have you used one of these hijacked extensions?
Attackers have been phishing developers to compromise Chrome extensions to spread…
Apple’s iPhone turns ten: No product in recent history has changed people’s lives more
The firm’s approach to data privacy will determine Apple’s success in the coming years…
Android apps secretly tracking users by listening to inaudible sound hidden in ads
An increasing number of Android applications are attempting to track users without their knowledge…
Google to pay $5.5 million for sneaking around Apple’s privacy settings to collect user data
Perhaps if Google had taken its own ‘don’t be evil’ motto to heart…
UK Supreme Court allows Google to appeal ruling granting Apple Safari users the right to sue over ad tracking
The UK’s Supreme Court has granted Google permission to appeal against…
