"Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied #Google’s push for a summary judgment in a #lawsuit over the way it tracked internet activity even after users switched to #IncognitoMode.'" #UserPrivacy

$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23823878/google-privacy-tracking-incognito-mode-lawsuit-summary-judgment-denied

The Realme 11 Pro's latest update deactivates the contentious 'Enhanced Intelligent Services' feature by default. It also redefines the feature's purpose, emphasizing its role in enhancing user experience through device usage analysis.

Read more: https://trendotech.com/2023/06/21/realme-11-pros-update-curtails-controversial-enhanced-intelligent-services-revises-feature-description/

#UserPrivacy #EnhancedIntelligentServices #Realme11ProUpdate

The Realme 11 Pro's latest update deactivates the contentious 'Enhanced Intelligent Services' feature by default. It also redefines the feature's purpose, emphasizing its role in enhancing user experience through device usage analysis.

Read more: https://trendotech.com/2023/06/21/realme-11-pros-update-curtails-controversial-enhanced-intelligent-services-revises-feature-description/

#UserPrivacy #EnhancedIntelligentServices #Realme11ProUpdate

US-Based Bitcoin Focused Startup Fedi Raises $17 Million in Series A Funding Round - Fedi, the U.S.-based fintech which is led by the Nigerian bitcoin advocate Obi Nwo... - https://news.bitcoin.com/us-based-bitcoin-focused-startup-fedi-raises-17-million-in-series-a-funding-round/ #egodeathcapital #userprivacy #bitcoiners #jeffbooth #obinwosu #seriesa #africa #fedi

Fission empowers users to have full control over their own data so they can choose how it will be shared, with whom, and for how long. WNFS, or Webnative File System, is E2EE and built on top of IPFS. It allows users to control who has access to their private files (yes, private file storage on IPFS!) and allows them to take their data with them to other WNFS-enabled apps. #useragency #userprivacy #userdata

The #lawsuit came after reports on Thursday that groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras between 2019 and 2022.

Car owner sues #Tesla over alleged intrusion of privacy | #UserPrivacy | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/4/8/car-owner-sues-tesla-over-alleged-intrusion-of

The return of the #loansharks 🤦‍♂️

"The move is a bid to stop predatory #LoanApps from harassing and intimidating borrowers into paying outstanding debts, which often come with huge interest rates."

#Google to Ban Financial Lending Apps From Accessing User Photos, Contacts | #UserPrivacy #India #Kenya #Indonesia #Nigeria #Philippines | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-to-ban-financial-lending-apps-from-accessing-user-photos-contacts

"Courts have long recognized that the First Amendment protects online anonymity and have established a stringent standard to use in precisely this scenario, where a litigant seeks to unmask users for the purpose of providing evidence in litigation that does not involve those users"

#Reddit tells court: #FilmStudios spewed “nonsense” in demand for users’ names | #Law #UserPrivacy | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/reddit-tells-court-film-studios-spewed-nonsense-in-demand-for-users-names/

I just signed Mozilla's #petition to put pressure on TikTok to stop lying about users privacy on the Android Google Play Store https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/tell-tiktok-stop-misleading-android-users-and-provide-full-transparency-about-your-privacy-practices/ #mozilla #userprivacy #privacy #tiktok #google #android #playstore #apps

@ManitouRyan Good for you! I am so proud of you for #DeletingFacebook. Those people are just #Greedy #StuckUp #Billionaires who #DoNotGiveACrap about #UserPrivacy. Even their own #SecurityTeam doesn't #GiveAShit.

Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Class Action Case Over Facial Recognition - The settlement in a case over the social network’s Tag Suggestions feature is the latest financial... more: https://threatpost.com/facebook-to-pay-550m-to-settle-class-action-case-over-facial-recognition/152374/ #cambridgeanalytica #facialrecognition #classactionsuit #tagsuggestions #userprivacy #biometrics #databreach #settlement #facebook #privacy #fine