Apple CEO Tim Cook has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the 2018 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners on Wednesday October 24. Cook will deliver his keynote sp…
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives wide ranging interview to Vice News on China, privacy and hate speech
Vice News scored an exclusive interview with the most important person at Apple last night and discussed a wide range of topics including their commitment to privacy, Apple’s relationship with C…
What the App Store’s new privacy rules mean for you
Facebook’s privacy issues have been at the centre of discussions recently and now it appears they are using controversial privacy features. Apple has acted fast and a new report has emerged, out…
Have you seen Snapchat’s privacy video?
Privacy settings and personal data are both topics of conversation at the moment. It all started with Facebook and Instagram with the Cambridge Analytica disaster. Since then many other services such …
Ad firms lose out as Apple introduces anti-tracking feature on Safari
Apple has blocked ‘pervasive’ tracking on their web browser Safari, causing advertising firms to lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars. According to advertising technology firm Criteo, the Intel…
Russian Company Launches A New Facial Recognition Program For Twitter
Russian company NTechLab has a program that is capable of identifying strangers among a crowd of 300 million Twitter users. The product is called ‘FindFace’ and has been created to help those who have…
Blippar Is Adding Facial Recognition To Its App
The augmented reality business Blippar is moving its app towards facial recognition, allowing users to literally put a name to a face. Blippar uses machine learning and augmented reality to feed back …
Windows 10’s Privacy Issues Lead Users to Consider the Mac
Windows 10 has been dogged by negative publicity about privacy concerns – and these issues have led many users of this Microsoft operating system to reveal that they would consider switching to the Ma…
USMobile Launches Scrambl3 App for Enterprise-Grade Security
Apple’s ongoing tussle with the FBI has brought the issues of privacy and security to greater public attention. Now, USMobile has launched Scrambl3, an iOS app enabling high-value targets of hac…
Microsoft Addresses Various Privacy Worries About Windows 10
Thanks to a more desktop-oriented interface and favorable reviews, Windows 10 has had a decent honeymoon since its launch in July – but that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from openly addressing…
EFF Highly Praises and Scores Apple For Privacy Policies
Two weeks ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly re-iterated his company’s commitment to user privacy and implied that rivals including Facebook and Google were trailing Apple in this area. His claims…
US Privacy Confidence at New Low, Survey Indicates
The vast majority – 91% – of Americans believe that consumers have lost control over how personal information is collected and used by companies, according to a survey. A further 80% also …