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Google agreed to pay $155 million for illegally tracking users’ locations without their consent
Nickie Louise September 15, 2023

Google pays $10 billion a year to Apple and Samsung to secure its position as the default search engine, DOJ says
Daniel Levi September 13, 2023

Researchers discover new flaws in Apple iPhones that allow attackers to take over your phone without your knowledge
Nickie Louise September 8, 2023


Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) to start collecting your biometric information and employment history starting Sept. 29
Nickie Louise September 1, 2023

Meta’s Twitter rival Threads explodes to 100 million signups; privacy concerns emerged over collection of users’ health & fitness’ and financial info’
Daniel Levi July 10, 2023

Facebook’s Meta fined a record $1.3 billion for transferring EU users’ data to the US
Nickie Louise May 22, 2023


“Qualcomm spies on smartphone users, sends personal data to Qualcomm,” German security firm Nitrokey warns
Daniel Levi May 18, 2023

Elon Musk says “WhatsApp cannot be trusted” after the app allegedly accessed microphone while not in use
Daniel Levi May 9, 2023

Microsoft Edge Browser tracks users by exposing visited URLs to Bing search engine, raising privacy concerns
Daniel Levi April 26, 2023


TikTok fined $5.4 million for making it difficult for users to reject cookies
Nickie Louise January 12, 2023

Targeted ads are stalking you. Here’s how to avoid and stop targeted ads
Daniel Levi January 9, 2023

Facebook’s Meta fined over $400 million by EU privacy regulator for forcing users to accept targeted ads
Daniel Levi January 4, 2023


Facebook’s Meta cannot run ads based on personal data without users’ consent, EU privacy watchdog rules
Daniel Levi December 7, 2022

Facebook’s Meta fined $277 million for leaking data of half a billion users
Nickie Louise November 28, 2022

Biden signs executive order to implement Trans-Atlantic data privacy framework that lets the EU send citizens’ data to the US
Daniel Levi October 10, 2022


How The New Internet Will Fix Online Privacy & Censorship
Nickie Louise September 14, 2022

Meta’s Instagram fined $400 million by Irish regulators for violating children’s privacy; raising serious concerns about the ethical standard of big tech companies
Nickie Louise September 6, 2022

Facebook’s Meta agreed to pay $37.5 million for violating users’ privacy and tracking their movements through smartphones without their permission
Daniel Levi August 23, 2022


Google fined $43 million for misleading users on collection of their personal location data
Nickie Louise August 12, 2022

DuckDuckGo caught giving Microsoft permission to track users despite its strong privacy protection claim
Daniel Levi May 29, 2022