Google Data Privacy

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

Stung by criticism of tardy privacy investigations and the Irish privacy regulator's outsized role in overseeing Big Tech, the European Commission on Tuesday announced new rules to help watchdogs work on cross-border cases at a faster clip.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

Stung by criticism of tardy privacy investigations and the Irish privacy regulator's outsized role in overseeing Big Tech, the European Commission on Tuesday announced new rules to help watchdogs work on cross-border cases at a faster clip.