Tag Archives: Privacy

Google is in an interesting position when it comes to making the internet respect your privacy. It controls the world’s largest advertising platform, the most used search engine, and the most popular web browser. Together, that means Google has more influence over how your data is gathered and tracked online than any other company. It’s significant then, that, over the past few years, Google has joined the effort to eliminate the worst offender when it comes to tracking, third-party… Source link

Google pushed back plans to phase out a widely used technology to track the web activity of users, in an effort to address growing concerns from regulators and digital advertising industry rivals. In a blog post on Thursday, Google said it intended to start gradually blocking trackers, or cookies, from its Chrome web browser in mid-2023 and eliminate them altogether later that year. Previously, Google had said it planned to begin stripping cookies from Chrome in January 2022. Google’s… Source link

Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing… Source link

Do you really know who’s watching? Angela Lang/CNET You don’t want to be leaking your private… Source link

In a blog post on March 3, Google announced that it would be removing third-party cookies from its Chrome browser—a decision that would effectively end use of third-party cookies. Google also pledged to avoid any other technology for tracking individuals as they browse the web. In its place, Google proposed cohort tracking, whereby companies could use third-party ad services to target ads only to larger groupings instead of individual users. It argued that such a change is needed to… Source link

Cybersecurity startup Oversecured reported vulnerabilities in the Google Android app, which could’ve … [+] allowed a hacker to steal sensitive data and snoop on users through the smartphone’s camera. (Photo by Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Google’s Android app, with more than 5 billion downloads, has been patched after a researcher found it was vulnerable to an attack that could have allowed hackers to obtain sensitive data from users’… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google pledges to resolve ad privacy probe with UK watchdog  Associated Press UK competition regulator gets a say in Google’s plan to remove browser cookies  CNBC Google pledges to work with UK regulator in plan to remove browser cookies  Reuters UK CMA to have key oversight role over Google’s planned removal of third-party cookies  GOV.UK View Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Google is strengthening privacy protections for Android users who want to make it harder for advertisers to track them when they move between apps, as the company tries to counter Apple’s image as a better steward of personal data. In changes that will come as a fresh blow to the near $400bn-a-year digital advertising industry, Google will introduce extra safeguards for Android users that opt out of sharing their “Advertising ID” — a device identifier that allows… Source link

Remember the old GPS units we used to get around back in the day? Before that, maybe you printed directions from MapQuest or another site. And before that, we relied on actual maps that no one knew how to fold quickly. Today, you open up your phone and click an app. It’s easy, sure, but you might not think much about how much information you’re giving away with every trip and every search. Speaking of searches, it’s high time you cleared out your browser search history. If you don’t do… Source link

Google has just flipped the password privacy switch for billions of users SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images May has been quite the month as far as surprise Google security announcements are concerned. On World Password Day, May 6, Google’s user security director, Mark Risher, told me that the company had suddenly started rolling out two-factor authentication (2FA) automatic enrollment to users. The official confirmation appeared in a Google safety and security blog post… Source link