Extended spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers transmit form data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and in some cases, passwords, to Google and...
Scality announced the results of an independent survey of IT decision makers across France, Germany, the UK, and the US about their data sovereignty strategies. 98%...
Apple released iOS 16 today with new features to boost iPhone users’ security and privacy, including Lockdown Mode and Security Check. The company announced its launch...
If you are using a website’s internal search function, chances are good that your search terms are being leaked to third parties in some form, researchers...
Security researchers have found that roughly eight out of ten websites featuring a search bar will leak their visitor’s search terms to online advertisers like Google....
The agency notes that “user experience” improvements may come with less control over privacy and security. The National Institute of Standards and Technology completed the final product...
Threat analysts at McAfee found five Google Chrome extensions that steal track users’ browsing activity. Collectively, the extensions have been downloaded more then 1.4 million times. The purpose...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Idaho-based location data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data...
In 2003, California became the first U.S. state to require and implement a series of data breach notification laws designed to protect against the misuse of residents’ personal...
DuckDuckGo has opened its ‘Email Protection’ service to anyone wishing to get their own ‘@duck.com’ email address. The free service was launched as a closed beta...
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