China’s cybersecurity watchdog is taking steps to stop the unnecessary data collection by apps.
Surprisingly, the regulators mentioned the scope “of personal information necessary for 38 common types of apps.” So, among others, it addresses map navigation…
Data transparency will receive a new boost from the UK government. The authorities announced that they would develop a new code for the tech companies, in order to let users better control their data.
So,
a Digital Markets Unit will create, together with other…
Inrupt
is a startup that comes with a solutions for every user who wants to
be in control of their personal data in front of any organization.
According to the company, users can stop hospitals, companies and
even governments from taking advantage of their data.
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With the new update from Zoom, admins will have the possibility to disable personal Meeting IDs to stop intruders. As the popularity of video conferencing apps increased, with the lockdown, a Zoom phishing campaign started in April. In fact, the attackers asked recipients…
A US government agency notified its 8,000 employees that an attack compromised their personal data. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) provides secure communications to the White House. Its CIO, Roger Greenwell revealed that the attackers stole the Social Security…
Google announced it removed 500 malicious extensions. The Chrome extensions stole data of 1.7 million users. But the extensions were removed after they injected malicious ads used to send user browsing data to hacked servers.
The malvertising and ad-fraud
campaign using…
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’…
Ad fraud has become a very big issue for both users and the advertising agencies. Different forms of it might reach a cost of $120 billion, until 2023, in the U.S. only. This means up 21%, from 2021.
High growth of different forms of ad fraud
The ad fraud varies a…
A new Meta privacy policy comes soon for the company’s platforms. Users would receive notifications of these updates, designed to make it easier to understand how the company uses their information. Many regulators and campaigners criticised Meta over its use of…
The European Publishers Council (EPC) target Google’s advertising tech, in an antitrust complaint. They complain about search engine’s advertising business. According to the media companies, Google controls press publishers with its adtech.
The advertising…
