Latest about Privacy
Xbox makes changes to collecting diagnostic data, aims to be more transparent
The latest news out of Xbox is some changes to how your console collects data, and Xbox's efforts to become more transparent.
Ad industry asks Google to stay its hand over proposal to kill cookies
The American Association of Advertising Agencies and Association of National Advertisers have both urged Google to not stick to a plan that would see Chrome blocking third-party cookies by default.
Google plans to banish third-party cookies forever
It wants to remove support for third-party cookies from Chrome within the next two years.
Google plans to improve privacy by deprecating user-agent strings on Chrome
The change will make it harder for ad companies to track individuals online.
Smartphone owners in China now need to send facial scans to the government
The Chinese government this week passed new legislation mandating users to submit facial scans to the government before activating a new SIM card or phone number.
Apple, Google, Microsoft increasingly defying U.S. government, informing customers of data demands
Microsoft says it will honor California's new privacy protections across U.S.
With new privacy laws going into effect in California, Microsoft says it will extend the protections required across the whole of the U.S.
