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Whenever you go shopping these days, the chances are that your shopping behaviour is being tracked. Businesses argue that they do this because they can more easily target suitable advertisements or product suggestions to help you, the customer, get the best out of your shopping experience. That may be all well and good, but it’s [...]
It could be if the latest attack on the internet by the US Congress gets its way. This new attack is via a new Bill called CISPA, which stands for Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The Bill is a replacement to previous Bills – SOPA and PIPA, which failed to get onto the US [...]
New research carried out by computer scientists at the University of North Carolina has found that Android apps that contain in-built adverts may be putting users privacy at risk. The researchers contend that the libraries used for creating these ad-filled applications contain flaws. This means that it is possible for criminals who are intent on [...]
A company accused of allowing Android apps to send personal information to third parties has denied this. I believe MobClix, the company at the centre of the scandal told reporters that they have never attempted to access anyone’s personal data whenever an application is used. A spokesperson for MobClix told cbronline.com: “We’ve never attempted to [...]
In the aftermath of a recent controversial decision by both Google and Apple to change their privacy regulations, both have agreed to meet US Senator Charles Schumer. It seems the politician raised a number of concerns and decided to launch a probe into Google’s and Apple’s activities. This, I think, forced the huge conglomerates to [...]
Recently both Apple and Google have been accused of not doing enough to fix a potentially harmful flaw in their operating systems. This particular problem relates to the ability for anyone to effectively steal other people’s images stored on their mobile devices, and publish them elsewhere without permission. The situation has so worried US Democratic [...]
The American Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent Quango has suggested in a recent report, I believe, that companies such as Apple and Google are not doing enough to protect children. The organisation apparently examined 3,800 Google Apps and 8,000 Apple software apps designed for children, and found that in almost every case there was [...]
There appears to be some controversy looming over Google’s Apps in Education scheme and Google’s new privacy rules. Google announced last month that it was changing its policies regarding privacy, which, I believe, caused some consternation in government circles on how it would affect organisations and schools. However, one observer was rather amused that this [...]
Despite Google giving assurances over its privacy policy changes, I’ve heard the U.S. Government isn’t as satisfied as Google thought it might be. A federal agency called SafeGov isn’t satisfied that Google’s cloud service is completely secure. SafeGov also disputes the claim that government workers won’t be affected by the policy changes. For those of [...]
Google recently announced its new privacy guidelines, but a spokesperson for the company said these new regulations won’t affect any business or educational establishment using its Google Apps. Google Enterprise Vice President Amit Singh told arstechnica.com “Enterprise customers using Google Apps for Government, Business or Education have individual contracts that define how we handle and [...]
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