Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 1:10:00
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Dan

The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools.

The matter was brought to the agency's attention roughly four years ago by a concerned...

Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 6:27:00
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Dan

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday.

In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Googl...

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:19:00
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Dan

The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance, following similar moves by Austria, France, and Italy last year.

The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for Pr...

Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:15:00
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Dan

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China.

Pradeo, a leading mobile...

Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App

Wed, 31 May 2023 18:48:00
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Dan

Google has removed a screen recording app named "iRecorder - Screen Recorder" from the Play Store after it was found to sneak in information stealing capabilities nearly a year after the app was published as an innocuous app.

The app (APK package name "com.tsoft.app.iscreenrecorder"), which accrue...