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AI

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Privacy

DuckDuckGo’s beta Mac app is open to public with new features

Lauren Forristal

Oct 18, 2022

UK closely probing four tech firms over kids’ privacy code breaches

Natasha Lomas

Sep 2, 2022

Privacy

California pushes ahead with its own children’s online privacy protections

Taylor Hatmaker

Aug 30, 2022

Privacy

Uh oh! European carriers are trying to get into ‘personalized’ ad targeting

Natasha Lomas

Jun 24, 2022

Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’

Natasha Lomas

May 16, 2022

A diminished Firefox turns 100

Frederic Lardinois

May 3, 2022

Privacy

Google wants to bring its Privacy Sandbox to Android

Frederic Lardinois

Feb 16, 2022

Privacy

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on more than a billion users

Taylor Hatmaker

Nov 2, 2021

Media & Entertainment

In hearing with Snap, TikTok and YouTube, lawmakers tout new rules to protect kids online

Taylor Hatmaker

Oct 26, 2021

Privacy

UK marketing-led group takes antitrust complaint against Google’s Privacy Sandbox to the EU

Natasha Lomas

Sep 28, 2021

Startups

Marketers should plan for more DIY metrics as iOS 15 nears

Miranda Halpern

Sep 17, 2021

Privacy

After years of inaction against adtech, UK’s ICO calls for browser-level controls to fix ‘cookie fatigue’

Natasha Lomas

Sep 6, 2021

Privacy

Apple is changing Mail Privacy Protection and email marketers must prepare

Melissa Sargeant

Aug 18, 2021

Media & Entertainment

WhatsApp photos and videos can now disappear after a single viewing

Taylor Hatmaker

Aug 3, 2021

Startups

On a growth tear, DuckDuckGo reveals it picked up $100M in secondary investment last year

Natasha Lomas

Jun 16, 2021

Privacy

Google won’t end support for tracking cookies unless UK’s competition watchdog agrees

Natasha Lomas

Jun 11, 2021

Privacy

GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners

Frederic Lardinois

Dec 17, 2020

Security

Facebook sues two companies engaged in data scraping operations

Oct 1, 2020

Security

Garry Kasparov on AI: ‘People always called me an optimist’

Ron Miller

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Privacy

Dating and fertility apps among those snitching to ‘out of control’ ad tech, report finds

Natasha Lomas

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Security

Invasive scheme spotted that foxes tracker blockers

Natasha Lomas

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Startups

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Brett Zucker

Sep 17, 2019

Privacy

America’s largest companies push for federal online privacy laws to circumvent state regulatory efforts

Jonathan Shieber

Sep 10, 2019

Privacy

US legislator, David Cicilline, joins international push to interrogate platform power

Natasha Lomas

Aug 15, 2019

Enterprise

OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules

Ingrid Lunden

Jul 11, 2019

Security

What Chrome’s browser changes mean for your privacy and security

Zack Whittaker

May 7, 2019

Privacy

Opera’s VPN returns to its Android browser

Frederic Lardinois

Mar 20, 2019

Mozilla launches its free, encrypted file-sharing service, Firefox Send

Sarah Perez

Mar 12, 2019

Privacy

A new Congress means a new opportunity for consumer privacy protections

Debra Berlyn

Feb 13, 2019

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