All Venmo profile images that you have uploaded are easily accessible by anyone who finds your account URL.This privacy problem…
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A few apps have collectively exposed millions of sensitive user data due to cloud service misconfigurations. Oftentimes, the embedded keys…
WhatsApp is accusing the Indian government of forcing it to strip privacy protections from its IM product.The software communications company…
The “Intermediaries Rules” that were voted three months ago are coming into effect today. The new rules will force tech…
Unredacted court documents present Google's shady practices around user location data collection.The company purposefully hid settings, pushed them deep into…
Swedish payments platform Klarna has suffered a security breach incident they disregard as merely an “inconvenience.”Users who attempted to log…
Signal wasn’t generating alerts when “safety numbers” on chat rooms are changed in the past couple of months.The IM platform…
‘UC Browser’ is sending user browsing details to Alibaba’s and UCWeb’s servers even when in incognito mode.The browser is doing…
TikTok is facing a massive legal claim in the Netherlands, supported by two consumer protection organizations.The requested reimbursement amount is…
Researchers analyzed the 'Voila' app and found no apparent data retention or management violations. The particular app is still somewhat…
The owner of “FLVTO.biz” and “2conv.com” now says logging user data would lead to law violations in other countries.The man…
Google introduces new privacy policy in regard to GDPR. The company has simplified their language and implemented illustrations and videos…
US federal and national investigation agencies are building their own face recognition databases. The services use data from state DMV…
Apple’s Safari is sending user IP addresses and some other browsing data to Tencent. The Chinese company has ties with…
Thirteen thousand customers of the National Australia Bank have had the PII uploaded to 3rd party servers. The act was…
YouTube is ready to kick online harassment out of the platform with the strict new regulation. They are willing to…
The iPhone 11 follows a bizarre location services policy that isn’t clear to the user. Even if every app and…
Users who have agreed to the terms of the IBA services on Samsung TVs are having their viewing preferences recorded.…
A man from Illinois is initiating a class-action lawsuit against a biometrics database provider. The plaintiff accuses the company of…
SwiftKey has surpassed half a billion users, and the privacy concerns are getting real now. The app promises not to…
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