Latest News: Privacy

The US government has imposed new sanctions on Israeli spyware company Intellexa, stepping up its efforts to combat the misuse of commercial spyware technology. Intellexa, known for developing the invasive "Predator" spyware, has been linked to international surveillance operations targeting

A newly discovered flaw in WhatsApp’s "View Once" feature allows recipients to bypass privacy protections to save and share media intended to disappear after a single viewing. The issue was formally identified by the Zengo X Research Team. WhatsApp launched the "View Once" feature in 2021 so

X, formerly known as Twitter, has permanently suspended the use of European Union (EU) user data in training its AI model, Grok. This comes following a legal challenge by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), demanding that X halt its AI data collection practices. The suspension, which took

Google must face a trial after a US appeals court revived a lawsuit alleging that the company misled Chrome users about its data collection practices. The class action lawsuit, which has been pursued by Chrome users since 2020, claims that Google harvested user data without proper

Flight tracking giant FlightAware has revealed that a significant configuration error led to the exposure of sensitive user data for more than three years. The data breach, which the company discovered on July 25, 2024, dates back to January 2021. The compromised data includes a wide range of

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing the automaker of unlawfully collecting and selling private driver data to insurance companies. The lawsuit, which follows an earlier investigation, claims GM misled consumers about the privacy of their

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas to resolve allegations that it collected and used biometric data from millions of Texas residents without their consent. The settlement, announced by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is the largest ever for a

Google Maps will transition its Timeline feature from cloud-based to on-device storage by December 1, 2024. The feature, previously known as Location History, tracks routes and visits. It will now link this information to individual devices instead of cloud-based Google accounts. This change was

Microsoft's new AI feature for Windows 11, called Recall, which is designed to "recall" user activities on compatible PCs, has triggered privacy alarms following its Monday reveal at an AI event. The Recall feature captures screenshots of the active window every few seconds to create a

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued substantial fines totaling nearly $200 million against four major US telecom companies — AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint — for illicitly selling customers' location data without their consent. This landmark decision wraps up a lengthy