Google Data Privacy

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  Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses

  Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...

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  Mozilla Hit With Privacy Complaint Over Firefox User Tracking

  Mozilla's Firefox browser has been accused of tracking user behaviour on websites without consent. Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.

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  Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance

  The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.

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  Elon Musk's X Agrees to Not Use Personal Data of EU Users for AI Training

  Elon Musk-owned X has said it allows all users to decide if their public posts can be used by the platform's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok. To do so users have to untick a box in their privacy settings to opt out.

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  Google Maps Doubles Down on Privacy With New On-Device Location Storage: Report

  Google Maps is bringing a big change to how it stores your location data, according to a report. It will soon enable devices to store location and timeline data locally (on-device) instead of Google Cloud, the report suggests. Furthermore, the company will also set the auto-delete feature, which automatically removes your timeline data after a cert...

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  Android 15 Feature to Prevent Users From Sharing Sensitive Details While Screen Sharing in Development: Report

  Android 15 Beta 1.1 contains code for a feature that will protect users' personal data from being revealed when they are sharing their screen. Google's upcoming Android OS update will reportedly protect users from hackers and malicious apps that collect personal information during a screen sharing session.

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  Google Agrees to Delete Incognito Mode Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

  Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

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  Google To Delete Incognito Mode Search Data Over $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit

  Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.

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  Google To Destroy Billions Of Browsing Data To Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

  Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

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  Google Settles $5 Billion Lawsuit Alleging Chrome's 'Incognito' Mode Tracks Users

  Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked the data of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.

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  Dutch Groups Sue Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations In Data Collection

  The Dutch Consumers' Association Consumentenbond together with the Privacy Protection Foundation issued legal proceedings against Google on Tuesday for alleged large-scale privacy violations, they said in a statement.

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  UNESCO Releases First Guidance on Use of Generative AI for Education

  UNESCO on Thursday published its first guidance on use of Generative AI (GenAI) for education, urging governmental agencies to regulate the use of the technology, including protection of data privacy and putting an age limit for users. GenAI chatbot ChatGPT has become the world's fastest growing app to date, and its emergence has prompted the relea...

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  Google Fitbit Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Violation of EU's General Data Protection Regulation Privacy Regime

  Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tracking company of violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regime.

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  India's Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer Plan A Boon For Global Firms

  India plans to further relax its approach to data storage, processing and transfer beyond its borders, a boon for global companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google as well as Indian firms seeking growth abroad.

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  Google Accused Of "Stealing Everything Ever Created On Internet" To Train Bard

  The company also updated its online privacy policy earlier this month, stating that it can use publicly available data to train its AI tools.