Martin Gundersen writes: There are 160 apps on my phone. What they’re actually doing, I don’t know. But I decided to find out. This is an English translation, read the original here. Read the English version of Gundersen’s experiment on nrk.no to find out what these apps were collecting about him and what it revealed.
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New Mexico AG Files Notice of Appeal in Suit Against Google Regarding Alleged Violations of COPPA
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 27, 2020, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the lawsuit it brought against Google on February 20, 2020, regarding alleged violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) in connection with G-Suite for…
CBP proposes to require mug shots of all non-US citizen travelers
From Papers, Please! Last December we called attention to plans by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to require mug shots of all travelers entering or leaving the US by air or sea, including US citizens. Within days, CBP issued a press release falsely accusing us of incorrectly reporting the official CBP notice of its plans, and saying that it…
Apple Privacy Nutrition Labels Effective Starting Next Month
Liisa Thomas of Sheppard Mullin writes: Apple has launched, in connection with other privacy changes in iOS 14, a requirement for privacy “nutrition labels.” The labels are required for new and existing apps, and are in addition to the existing requirement of linking to the company’s long-form privacy policy. Apple will automatically generate the label based on…