Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing back a plan to block third-party cookies until late 2023…
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It’s the end of cookies, but targeted online ads aren’t going anywhere
Following Apple’s lead, as usual, Google said this week that it will eliminate its use of third-party cookies over the next year, ending…
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…
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…
Google and Facebook are quietly tracking visits to porn websites, even those in incognito mode
Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are always watching you — even when you’re browsing pornography websites in incognito mode…
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…
How to clear the cache on your iPhone and make it run faster
Ever wonder why your iPhone’s loading speed is slower than usual?
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…
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)…
Apple CEO Cook blasts ‘creepy’ web tracking
To me, it’s creepy when I look at something and all of a sudden it’s chasing me all the way across the web…
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…
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…
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…
Apple joins tech coalition in fight to kill European Union’s ‘Cookie Law’
The filing, submitted just hours before a July 5 public comment deadline, states that a similar law…
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…
Google to pay $17 million to settle U.S. states’ Safari user tracking probe
Google Inc will pay $17 million to settle allegations by 37 states…
Judge dismisses case against Google over Safari user tracking
It just got even tougher to stop a company from tracking your movements online…
Google may follow Apple, ditch ‘cookies’ as online ad tracker
Google is considering a major change in how online browsing activity is tracked…
Attention, shoppers: Store is tracking you via your smartphone
Like dozens of other brick-and-mortar retailers…
Apple App Store rejecting iOS apps using cookie-tracking methods
Mobile app developers using a technology called…
Google pays $22.5 million to settle charges of bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings
Google Inc will pay $22.5 million to settle charges it bypassed the privacy settings…
US FTC votes to fine Google $22.5 million for bypassing Safari privacy settings; Settlement allows Google to admit no liability
The Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a consent decree that will allow Google to settle…
Microsoft and Madison Avenue in epic battle over future of Internet advertising
Microsoft and Madison Avenue are in a battle unlike anything we’ve seen for years…
Apple’s anti-user tracking policy has mobile advertisers scrambling
Mobile advertisers are working around a new Apple policy that makes it harder to track user,,,
Google said to be negotiating amount of U.S. FTC fine over Apple Safari breach
Google Inc. is negotiating with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission…
Cookies and privacy, Google and Safari
Web cookies are small bits of saved data that websites can store in your browser…
Google sued by Apple Safari-user for bypassing browser privacy
Google officials were sued for violating users’ privacy rights on Apple’s Safari Web browser…
Google responds to Microsoft over privacy issues, calls IE’s cookie policy ‘widely non-operational’
Microsoft has accused Google of manipulating Internet Explorer’s default privacy restrictions…
WSJ: Google tracked iPhone, iPad users, bypassing Apple’s Safari browser privacy settings; Microsoft denounces
Safari normally blocks cookies used by ad networks and others to track people…
U.S. Senate Democrat wants hearing on Facebook tracking
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said Wednesday he would hold a hearing to look into reports that Facebook tracks its users on the Web after they log out…
