#privacy

A reported Justice Department request for Apple, Amazon, and Google to identify more than 100,000 users of a car app would mark a sweeping attempt to reach customer identities and purchase histories through major tech平台s

A $117.5 million class action settlement tied to Comcast’s 2023 Xfinity breach is now in front of affected customers, putting the focus on eligibility, verification, and the scale of consumer data exposure.

Venmo is changing a long-criticized design choice by prompting new users to decide how visible their transactions should be, rather than burying privacy decisions later in setup.

Texas has sued Netflix, accusing the company of collecting and sharing children’s data, using addictive design features and misleading consumers about its data practices.

A cruise-ship hantavirus response is a reminder that the digital tools built for Covid-scale exposure tracking are poorly matched to small outbreaks that demand exact, person-by-person tracing.

A 9to5Mac item indicates renewed attention on how Apple could improve Hide My Email for iCloud+ users, underscoring continued pressure to evolve privacy tools inside mainstream consumer platforms.

General Motors will pay $12.75 million and accept new privacy restrictions after California alleged the company sold sensitive driver information, including geolocation and driving behavior data, to data brokers.

A proposed FCC approach to stopping illegal spam calls is drawing criticism from privacy advocates, who argue that new identity checks and broad risk flags could harm lawful users as well as spammers.

General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million and halt key driving-data sales in California, a settlement that sharpens the privacy debate around connected vehicles and consumer consent.

European policymakers are acknowledging that VPNs can bypass age-assurance systems, exposing a deeper conflict between online child-safety rules and privacy tools.

Google says desktop Chrome users can disable the on-device Gemini Nano model through settings, after renewed scrutiny over the browser downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model onto computers.

A RedAccess review of web apps created with tools including Lovable, Replit, Base44, and Netlify found thousands with little or no access control, with many exposing sensitive corporate and personal information.

A Bloomberg investigation cited by TechCrunch found that nearly all state-run U.S. health insurance marketplaces were sharing residents’ application data with companies including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Snap, and in some

A sponsored consumer-tech post is pushing “digital spring cleaning” as a way to reduce personal data exposure, showing how privacy tools are being marketed as everyday maintenance.

Accounts from shoppers who say they were falsely flagged by Facewatch in UK stores sharpen questions about accuracy, accountability and how people can challenge automated suspicion.

Disney says guests can choose face-recognition entry lanes at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, but the rollout still leaves broader privacy questions around image capture and biometric processing.

A controversy in Dunwoody, Georgia, over Flock employees accessing sensitive camera feeds for sales demonstrations is becoming a case study in how expansive local surveillance systems can become.

Practice by Numbers says it fixed a portal flaw that let patients access other patients’ files, underscoring how hard it can be for ordinary users to report serious security bugs.

A newly highlighted forensic technique showed that deleted Signal conversations could still leave traces in iPhone notification logs, prompting renewed scrutiny of lock-screen privacy and device state security.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case that could redefine how far police may go in demanding location data from technology companies.