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Products used by children are not nearly as privacy-protecting as they should be

November 24, 2021

Common Sense Media released a report examining kids’ privacy trends and practices of hundreds of popular technology companies and products over the last five years. The …

Creepy data collection and sharing remain common on popular apps

September 22, 2021

In a recent Mozilla review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, only two were singled out for outstanding features (Signal and Threema). Meanwhile, three …

User data privacy decisions can be easily manipulated

July 23, 2021

Data privacy is an important topic in the digitalized economy. Recent policy changes have aimed to strengthen users’ control over their own data. Yet new research from …

Is that smart device secure, and will it protect your privacy?

February 27, 2018

The decision to introduce a new smart device into your home should come only after you’ve answered these two questions affirmatively: “Will the device improve the …

Polisis: AI-based framework for analyzing privacy policies in real time

February 12, 2018

It has been known for a while that the overwhelming majority of Internet users doesn’t read privacy policies and terms of service before agreeing to them. Those few that do …

Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach

July 11, 2017

The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we …

Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it

December 16, 2016

Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the …

WhatsApp will share your phone number with Facebook

August 25, 2016

For the first time in four years, WhatsApp is updating its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the big news is that the messaging service will share users’ phone …

“I agree to these terms and conditions” is the biggest lie on the Internet

July 14, 2016

Two communications professors have proven what we all anecdotally knew to be true: the overwhelming majority of Internet users doesn’t read services’ terms of …

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