AdGuard’s new ad blocker struggles with Google’s Manifest v3 rules https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adguard-s-new-ad-blocker-struggles-with-google-s-manifest-v3-rules/
Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers https://community.blokada.org/t/google-cracks-down-on-vpn-based-adblockers/26110
Google Tracks 39 Types of Private Data, the Highest Among Big Tech Companies https://stockapps.com/blog/google-tracks-39-types-of-private-data-the-highest-among-big-tech-companies/
Ring, Google and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage https://www.cnet.com/home/security/ring-google-and-the-police-what-to-know-about-emergency-requests-for-video-footage/
Google delays the end of third-party cookies to 2024 https://www.ghacks.net/2022/07/28/google-delays-the-end-of-third-party-cookies-to-2024/
Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279562/arlo-apple-wyze-eufy-google-ring-security-camera-foortage-warrant
Google Play hides app permissions in favor of developer-written descriptions https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/google-plays-new-privacy-section-actually-hides-app-permissions/
Police sweep Google searches to find suspects. The tactic is facing its first legal challenge. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-google-reverse-keyword-searches-rcna35749
FTC asked to investigate Apple & Google over selling personal data https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/24/ftc-asked-to-investigate-apple-google-over-selling-personal-data
Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/hermit-zero-day-android-spyware/
U.S. lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that steer women to ‘fake clinics’ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/exclusive-us-lawmakers-urge-google-fix-abortion-searches-that-steer-women-fake-2022-06-17/
Google Assistant is slated to update to the ability to record a user’s voice to learn more about it in the future https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-Assistant-is-slated-to-update-to-the-ability-to-record-a-user-s-voice-to-learn-more-about-it-in-the-future.623345.0.html
Google is failing to enforce its own ban on ads for stalkerware https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/05/12/1052125/google-failing-stalkerware-apps-ads-ban/
Some Facebook users are receiving $397 checks over data privacy violations—and these tech companies could be next https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/25/facebook-paying-users-over-data-privacy-lawsuits-google-could-be-next.html
Brave joins Mozilla in declaring Google’s First-Party Sets feature harmful to privacy https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/23/brave-joins-mozilla-in-declaring-googles-first-party-sets-feature-harmful-to-privacy/