Shane Richmond reports: This week Google released an update to its Android mobile operating system. Known as FroYo, the new operating system makes Android mobile phones up to five times faster and makes it possible to use the phone as a wireless hotspot. The update, the seventh since Android launched in September 2008, comes just…
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MY: Decision to bar agencies from keeping personal data welcomed
Various quarters welcome the government to bar credit reference agencies from keeping personal data without permission. Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) adviser Prof Datuk Mohd Hamdan Adnan said companies that keep personal data should delete them. “It is strange how they (credit reference agencies) know our addresses and personal data although we have never…
CDT Files FTC Complaint Against Spokeo
Sean Brooks of CDT writes: Today we filed a complaint with the FTC and multiple state attorney generals’ offices against online data broker and aggregator Spokeo, Inc. We hope the FTC will view this complaint as an opportunity to tackle the growing issue of online — and offline — data aggregators offering unregulated consumer profiles….
Germany Asks Apple About iPhone’s Data-Gathering
Kevin J. O’Brien reports: The justice minister of Germany expressed concern on Monday over Apple’s practice of compiling data on users of its new iPhone, making the company the latest technology giant to fall afoul of the country’s strict privacy laws. […] The justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, asked Apple to tell state data protection officials…