Grand jury investigation targets smartphone privacy
Pandora and possibly other makers of popular smartphone applications are being questioned by a federal grand jury about their privacy practices.
Nancy Gohring | 05 Apr | Read more
Pandora and possibly other makers of popular smartphone applications are being questioned by a federal grand jury about their privacy practices.
Nancy Gohring | 05 Apr | Read more
Research In Motion opened up its beta offering of BlackBerry Protect, a free service that lets users locate their lost phones and remotely wipe them, to users in North America and parts of Latin America.
Nancy Gohring | 08 Mar | Read more
Apple has been hit with another lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations for the way it shares information collected from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users with advertisers.
Nancy Gohring | 01 Feb | Read more
Google has missed a deadline set by the Connecticut Attorney General's Office for turning over data that it says was collected inadvertently by its Street View cameras.
Nancy Gohring | 18 Dec | Read more
The next version of Internet Explorer will let users turn on "tracking protection," a new mechanism that will block specified third-party sites from tracking users, Microsoft said.
Nancy Gohring | 08 Dec | Read more
Three developers have released software that allows Windows Phone 7 users to "sideload" applications onto their phones, giving access to applications that have not been approved by Microsoft.
Nancy Gohring | 30 Nov | Read more
Microsoft on Tuesday began offering users the option to secure their Hotmail sessions with HTTPS data encryption.
Nancy Gohring | 10 Nov | Read more
Canada's privacy commissioner recommended that Google implement new policies to ensure that another "careless error" doesn't lead to a privacy breach like the one caused by the company's Street View vehicles.
Nancy Gohring | 20 Oct | Read more
Facebook's former privacy chief said he doubts that any location-related services from the company will center on games.
Nancy Gohring | 19 Aug | Read more
Google on Monday unveiled a new version of Google Apps designed to meet the rigorous security needs of U.S. government agencies.
Nancy Gohring | 27 Jul | Read more
Heartland Payment Systems has made a third settlement deal, this time with MasterCard, related to a massive data breach two years ago at the card payments processor.
Nancy Gohring | 20 May | Read more
Microsoft said it has uncovered a new kind of click fraud, filing two lawsuits against people it says are using the scam.
Nancy Gohring | 20 May | Read more
A leading privacy researcher is urging companies to say no to government requests for data, arguing that it's good for business.
Nancy Gohring | 19 May | Read more
Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy.
Nancy Gohring | 18 Feb | Read more
A move to the cloud will enable new kinds of applications that public safety and law enforcement agencies can use to do their jobs better, Microsoft’s CEO said during its annual Worldwide Public Safety Symposium on Wednesday.
Nancy Gohring | 28 Jan | Read more