Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

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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NSA won’t collect phone location data, promises US government

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:38:54 +0000

US intelligence agencies won’t harvest US residents’ geolocation data in future investigations, revealed the US government this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OAnWer77ZhM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:43:41 +0000

The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BqXMC-Elu-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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