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TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC

July 5, 2022 0 Comments aclu, american civil liberties union, brendan carr, bytedance, ccp, china's trojan horse, communist party of china, data collection, Data privacy, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, michael beckerman, oracle, Privacy, sundar pichai, surveillance tool, TikTok, tiktok privacy issues, tim cook

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:51:08 +0000

According to the FCC commissioner, TikTok being a video app is the “sheep’s clothing”, suggesting a wolf hides underneath those funny videos.

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Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

February 25, 2020 0 Comments chromebook, contacts, Coppa, data collection, docs, drive, edtech, education technology, g suite, g suite for education, geolocation, gmail, Google, google education, hector balderas, internet history, Law & order, lawsuit, minors, new mexico, parental consent, Privacy, search engine records, sheet, student data, students, unfair practices act, voice recordings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:22:04 +0000

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cvVZ0VW5JqY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wacom driver caught monitoring third-party software use

February 7, 2020 0 Comments data collection, Google, Google Analytics, Privacy, privacy policy, wacom

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:22:06 +0000

Graphics tablet company Wacom can collect data unconnected to its products, such as which applications users open on their computers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/x2JzRp08MfM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How much personalization is too much?

August 19, 2019 0 Comments browser extensions, browser plugins, browser security, browsing tracking, data collection, personal information, personally identifiable information, Privacy, the parallax

Credit to Author: Seth Rosenblatt| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Personalization is the new mantra of marketers—and most people are perfectly okay with that. But when does personalization cross the line into invasive? And what can uncomfortable consumers do about blocking it?

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Tags: browser extensions browser plugins browser security browsing tracking data collection personal information personally identifiable information privacy the parallax

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