Fahad HJan 10, 20172 min readEU proposes privacy rules that extend to Gmail, Facebook Messenger, SkypeNew rules proposed by the European Union on Tuesday stand to change the way Google, Facebook and other digital media companies and ad...
Fahad HJun 30, 20163 min readGoogle’s new My Activity and Ads Personalization seek to make ads better, provide more user coRoughly a year ago Google introduced “My Account,” a centralized privacy and security center where people could manage their data and...
Fahad HApr 28, 20161 min readGoogle Analytics now secures all web trafficGoogle alerted Analytics users on Wednesday that it will now be securing all traffic communication of websites using Google Analytics,...
Fahad HMar 15, 20161 min readGoogle estimates 25% of sites now use secure connectionsGoogle announced that about 25 percent of the top 100 non-Google sites on the internet are now on secure connections over HTTPS. Google’s...
Fahad HMar 7, 20162 min readClass action suit accuses Google of stealing “face prints” without permissionIn a case called Weiss v. Google Inc., plaintiff Joseph Weiss has filed a potential class action accusing Google of stealing “face...
Fahad HDec 2, 20154 min readPrivacy Group: Google Spied On Students Using Chromebooks & Apps For EducationThe San Francisco-based non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that...
Fahad HAug 3, 20152 min readEFF Launches New Do Not Track Standard With Coalition Of Web CompaniesIn reaction to the digital advertising industry’s inability to come to a consensus on how to or whether to adhere to users’ “Do Not...
Fahad HJun 5, 20152 min readGoogle’s European President Brittin Undertakes New Charm OffensiveGoogle seems to be striking a more humble and conciliatory tone in Europe — out of necessity. Eric Schmidt, the primary face of Google in...
Fahad HJun 2, 20152 min readAnother “Market Abuse” Android Complaint Filed Against Google In EuropeDisconnect makes privacy and security apps. The company says that Google removed its new app from Google Play because it allegedly...
Fahad HFeb 2, 20152 min readGoogle Blinks On Privacy, Agrees To Make Changes In UKUnder fire from European regulators since it consolidated its privacy policies into one in 2012, Google has maintained its privacy policy...
Fahad HSep 26, 20142 min readEU Seeking Numerous Google Privacy Disclosures, Policy ChangesAccording to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which...
Fahad HApr 30, 20141 min readGoogle Says It Will No Longer Scan & Collect Data From Student Gmail Accounts For Ad PurposesThe decision by Google comes after a recent lawsuit against the company, claiming Google’s practice of scanning student Gmail accounts...
Fahad HFeb 7, 20142 min readCourt Tells Google It Must Admit Privacy Penalty On Google France Home Pageimposition of a fine by the French National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) for violating consumer privacy, Google...
Fahad HFeb 6, 20142 min readGoogle Tries To Block Shaming Privacy Notification In Francewas fined for violating French privacy rules with its “unified” privacy policy. The French National Commission for Computing and Civil...
Fahad HJan 23, 20142 min readConsumer Watchdog Files FTC Complaint Over “Send To Anyone On Google+” Featurefiled a complaint with the FTC over Google’s recent rollout of a feature that lets Gmail users contact Google+ users without knowing the...
Fahad HNov 29, 20131 min readDutch Data Protection Authority Says Google’s Privacy Policy Breaks Privacy LawsDutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) claims Google’s privacy policy is in breach of the Dutch data protection act. According to the...
Fahad HNov 18, 20132 min readNearly $40 Million Later, Google Ends “Cookiegate” Scandalreported earlier today Google will pay $17 million “to settle allegations brought by 37 states and the District of Columbia that it...
Fahad HNov 4, 20133 min readAbandoning Third-Party Cookies? What Gives, Google?It’s been reported that Google is working on its own online identifier system, called AdID, which could replace the third-party cookies...
Fahad HOct 11, 20133 min readGoogle Launching “Sponsored Endorsements” — User Ratings, Comments, Likes IntegratNOTE: See our follow-up story, FAQ: All About Google’s New “Shared Endorsement” Ads According to a report in the New York Times: On...
Fahad HOct 11, 20137 min readThe Questions Google Refuses To Answer About Search PrivacyLast month, Google made one of the biggest changes in search privacy ever, by routing all searches through its Google Secure Search...
