Users’ privacy seems to be the biggest “loser” after the CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon testified in front of the Congress. Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos tried to emphasize that users are in control of their data, but avoided…
Data transfers outside the European Union should be limited, the European Commission said. Thus, companies such as Amazon and Microsoft should guarantee that no illegal data transfer would occur to non-EU authorities. The Commission would publish the Data Act this…
Three congresspersons want to stop targeted advertising. This might stop Google, Facebook and other tech giants using personal data to target their users with ads.
Stop tracking for targeted advertising
The act might just stop huge players from using users’…
A key European Parliament committee agreed to a ban on dark patterns that trick web users. Also, they would like to ban advertisements targeting minors. The tougher regulation could spell trouble for tech giants in negotiations with any EU country.
Dark patterns…
The consumer watchdog Which? has attempted to discover the right personal data value. And they did this to regulate the data-collection practices of tech giants such as Google and Facebook. The British company has repeatedly argued that people are uncomfortable about the…
China passed an online privacy law to protect consumers from scams and the large tech companies that have been hoovering up personal data. The new law is aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data.
An online privacy law or a farce?
Under…
There are many reasons why promoting online
privacy is a good idea. In fact, it is a huge topic in the news.
Privacy concerns have been growing in the Western world ever since
Edward Snowden revealed the extent of government surveillance
programs on citizens. But there are…
Google
announced it would pay publishers to reuse the snippets of their
content. This comes just a few days after it tried to show how much
money it brought in Australia, in order to avoid such payments.
In
fact, the giant also tried to avoid paying French publishers…
Google bets on its economic impact in Australia, as its latest strategy to fight new legislation. The Australian project, which should become a law soon, would make tech giants pay for the content they show on their platforms.
Thus, Mel Silva, VP, Google Australia…
Google confirmed it blocked some Australian news websites for a small number of users. The government reacted and asked the giant to focus on paying for Australian content, rather than blocking access to it.
Media reported news websites blocked
Some media reported…
