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How to create a strong password to protect yourself from hackers
Create strong passwords that provide security against hackers and expose your data to misuse like identity theft.
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Google is tracking all your location, web activity
Google is tracking all of your location and web activity, and here's how you can turn it off
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The intimate private details Amazon knows about us
Amazon has recorded intimate and private data on every individual, using its products to spy on customers.
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Google misled consumers over data collection, says Australian watchdog
Users were not informed that leaving 'Web & App Activity' setting on would allow Google to continue to collect data
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LinkedIn says some user data scraped and posted for sale
LinkedIn said that the information on the sale is a collection of data from a number of websites and companies
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Instagram, Facebook the most invasive apps on iOS
According to a report, 52% of iOS apps collect data and share it with third parties
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Why you need to stop using Google Chrome
Google reportedly cashes in your data for over $120 billion a year from ad revenue
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Facebook faces new UK class action after data harvesting scandal
Facebook is facing class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people
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Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students' computers sparks privacy fears
The government's scheme to ensure children have access to computers for home learning has raised privacy concerns
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Grindr faces $11.7 million fine in Norway for breach of data privacy
Grindr needs to respond to claims, after which the Data Protection Authority will make its final decision
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Chrome does not clear your Google, YouTube data even if you tell it to
Cookies are a tool within browsers that allow website operators to save data about users
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Companies can track phone movements to target users with ads
Google and Apple have taken steps this year to protect users from hundreds of companies
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TikTok removes over 104 million videos in first-half for violating guidelines
TikTok started fact-checking programs to verify content related to the novel coronavirus and elections
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Facebook Says it will stop operating in Europe if regulators don't back down
Facebook said the Irish Data Protection Commission commenced an inquiry into Facebook controlled EU-US data transfers
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Instagram kept deleted photos and messages on its servers for more than a year
Saugat Pokharel, a security researcher has been rewarded a $6,000 bug bounty for detecting the problem
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Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out
Google records what people are doing on mobile apps, claims data privacy lawsuit
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Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook
Facebook must comply with an order by Germany’s antitrust watchdog
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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users' private browsing
Google sued in a proposed class action for illegally invading privacy of millions of users
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As Chinese authorities expand use of health tracking apps, privacy concerns grow
China’s health tracking QR codes have played a key part in the country’s successful containment of coronavirus
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In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights
Data collectors have a duty to protect an individual’s personal information
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EasyJet admits data of nine million customers hacked
EasyJet reveals email addresses and travel details of customers have been stolen alongside credit card details of some
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China virus app determines who is a coronavirus threat
To enter many offices, restaurants, parks, or malls in China nowadays, people must show their status on an app
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Tokopedia probes alleged data leak of 91 million users
Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform is investigating claims that the details of its users had been leaked online
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US lawmaker says any Covid-19 contact tracing tech should be voluntary and limited
Any digital coronavirus contact tracing should be voluntary, transparent and collect only the information needed
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Flaw in iPhone, iPads may have allowed hackers to steal data for years
Apple is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers
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Apple, Google need to show contact tracing will not violate privacy
Google and Apple will have to convince the public that contact tracing technology will not lead privacy breach
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Smartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?
Officials, doctors, and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be used against the spread of coronavirus
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Facebook gets sued for breach of user data
Facebook was accused of inappropriately sharing information belonging to 87 million users
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This android security app with one billion downloads is recording users’ browsing data
Clean Master, created by China’s Cheetah Mobile is allegedly collecting private web user data
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iBaby Monitor vulnerable to hacking, video recording leaks
iBaby Monitor M6S, that retails for about $100 is reported to have leaked personal data of users
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Samsung Electronics says UK website error exposed data of 150 customers
The South Korean manufacturer said it stopped all users logging into the site
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Facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to US users for sharing contact info
It addresses the growing concern about how companies from technology platforms
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Met police deploy facial recognition technology in central London
Cameras installed by Metropolitan police will be scanning faces in London's Regent street
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Google gets sued for collecting school kids' personal data
The company sells its Chromebook laptops to schools around the world
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Avast antivirus sells user web browsing data for millions of dollars
Data leak has incredibly sensitive information such as users’ Google searches, Google Maps location searches and more
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Fines for European privacy breaches reach 114 million euros: report
The General Data Protection Regulation was introduced in an effort to safeguard sensitive personal information
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Porn cam network leaks data for thousands of models
The data file included 875,000 different types of photos and videos and personal information for over 4,000 models
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Facebook introduces new 'Login Notifications' feature
Company said it is taking 'active steps to honor and improve users' information privacy
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Your smartphone is listening to everything you are saying
You can stop your phone from listening to you by following these simple steps
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'Do Not Sell My Info': US retailers rush to comply with California privacy law
Shoppers to understand for the first time what personal and other data the retailers collect
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Brazil fines Facebook $1.6 million for improper sharing of user data
Data from 443,000 Facebook users was improperly made available to developers
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Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking private accounts
WhatsApp accused NSO of facilitating government hacking sprees in 20 countries
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Apple removes an app that let you stalk your followers on Instagram
Photo-sharing app sent a cease and desist letter to the app, labelling it as the Following Tab “on steroids"
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Facebook silently slides in another privacy breach
Following this, the social media giant suspended thousands of apps
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Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power'
The US government last month urged tech giants to allow police to read encrypted messages
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WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world
Helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users
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Turkey fines Facebook $282,000 over privacy breach
Violation of data protection laws which affected nearly 300,000 people
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London court allows mass claim against Google over iPhone data
The search engine giant had illegally accessed details of Apple iPhone users’ internet browsing data
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India tells tech firms to protect user privacy, prevent abuse
The government draws up a data privacy law and seeks to push companies to store more data locally
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Facebook admits user phone numbers given to advertisers
Study found phone numbers given to FB for two-factor authentication were also used to target advertising.