Privacy
Privacy Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition, Microsoft disagrees
The EU's proposal for a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Monday …
Podcast How can we protect our children online?
According to the National Crime Agency more than 2,500 arrests were made last year in the UK, after Facebook reported …
Privacy Privacy concerns pushing people to change online behaviour, poll shows
Privacy concerns are pushing people to change their behaviour online, according to an international poll published on Wednesday that found …
Facebook Facebook fights disclosing app records in Massachusetts privacy probe
Facebook Inc on Thursday urged a judge not to force it to turn over records to Massachusetts' attorney general disclosing …
Surveillance Facial recognition complicates vote for women in Afghanistan
The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition …
Surveillance Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
India is preparing to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children. …
Facebook Facebook executives planned ‘switcharoo’ on data policy change
Facebook Inc began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals while presenting …
News Concerns over Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans
Facebook Inc revealed lofty plans to establish a cryptocurrency called Libra in June, but the project quickly ran into trouble …
Privacy Google offers privacy conscious mode for Maps
Alphabet Inc's Google is rolling out new privacy features to its Maps, YouTube and Voice Assistant services. It has options …
Privacy Privacy problems: tech giants fail to provide on political ads pledges
Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google have failed to provide adequate transparency for global users around political advertising on their services, …
Google Mass claim in London court against Google over iPhone data
The Court of Appeal in London gave the go-ahead for action against Google. This is over claims it collected data …
Google Comcast emerges as new Google antitrust enemy
Comcast Corp, one of America’s largest media and communications companies, is joining the epic regulatory battle against big tech companies …
