Julia Angwin reports: Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations. Google stopped the practice last month after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal. Read more on Wall Street…
Category: Business
18 Firms Sued for Using Privacy-invading Mobile Apps
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Yelp and 14 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications. The lawsuit was filed by a group of 13 individuals in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas earlier this week. The suit charges 18 companies with…
Two Years After Its Data Breach, Upromise Email Notice Leaves Customer Confused
I’ve Been Mugged has an update on the Upromise toolbar breach mentioned previously on this blog. If you ever used UPromise, I’d encourage you to read his update as George provides a lot of background and pointed commentary on how Upromise is dealing with the breach and its settlement with the FTC.
Ikea ‘spied’ on angry customers: report
More on accusations that IKEA may have spied on some dissatisfied customers: Shortly after allegations that it had been snooping on its staff, Swedish furniture giant Ikea in France is in hot water again, this time accused of spying on dissatisfied customers, prompting a police search at the company’s French headquarters. Read more on The…