A new report shows the most popular web browsers in the world are sending companies your history or personal data. Here’s how each browser’s privacy stacks up. https://www.businessinsider.com/web-browsers-privacy-concerns-chrome-firefox-safari-edge-yandex-2020-2#in-the-third-and-lowest-privacy-tier-are-microsoft-edge-and-yandex-5
Google is profiting from crime and scam victims may have a claim, lawyers say https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/google-profiting-crime-scam-victims-may-have-claim-lawyers-say/
Don’t worry, Alexa and friends only record you up to 19 times a day https://www.zdnet.com/article/dont-worry-alexa-and-friends-only-record-you-up-to-19-times-a-day/
Android apps are secretly sharing your data with Facebook https://learnworthy.net/android-apps-are-secretly-sharing-your-data-with-facebook/
Google Is Letting People Find Invites to Some Private WhatsApp Groups https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7enqn/google-is-letting-people-find-invites-to-some-private-whatsapp-groups
Google to put a muzzle on Android apps accessing location data in the background https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-to-put-a-muzzle-on-android-apps-accessing-location-data-in-the-background/
Google sued by New Mexico AG for allegedly collecting location data, contact lists from students https://www.cnet.com/news/google-sued-by-new-mexico-attorney-general-over-students-chromebook-data/
Google Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Quit Chrome https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/02/20/google-chrome-80-upgrade-deep-linking-update-chrome-browser/
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection – sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-privacy-eu-exclusive/exclusive-google-users-in-uk-to-lose-eu-data-protection-sources-idUSKBN20D2M3
Apple, Google, Facebook lobby EU over AI regulation plans https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/17/apple-google-facebook-lobby-eu-over-ai-regulation-plans
Why Google’s New Limits On Third-Party Cookies Are Another Attempt To Control The Web https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/17/why-googles-new-limits-on-third-party-cookies-are-another-attempt-to-control-the-web/
Outbreak Of Android Trojan xHelper Malware Appears To Be Triggered By Google Play Itself https://hothardware.com/news/xhelper-malware-appears-to-be-triggered-by-google-play
Nevada Democrats reveal Google Forms-based plan for transmitting early vote data, caucus results https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-democrats-reveal-google-forms-based-plan-for-transmitting-early-vote-data-caucus-results
500 Chrome extensions secretly uploaded private data from millions of users https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/500-chrome-extensions-secretly-uploaded-private-data-from-millions-of-users/
Judge allows Melbourne dentist to try new tactic to more quickly unmask negative online reviewer https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-14/small-business-launches-anonymous-google-review-defamation-case/11963250