online privacy
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These 7 Apps are Among the Worst at Protecting Privacy
Kim Komando, USA TODAY (USA Today) – When you’re browsing through the millions of apps available from the Apple…
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Google Should Give U.S. Citizens More Privacy Rights, Says Consumer Watchdog
(TechCrunch) – U.S. consumer rights organization, Consumer Watchdog, has lodged a complaint with the FTC that Google is being “unfair and deceptive” by…
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Push for Facial Recognition Privacy Standards Hits Roadblock
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retailers have the ability to scan your face digitally, and use that identification…
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Union: Hackers Have Personnel Data on Every Federal Employee
KEN DILANIAN, AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee,…
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Google Launches a Central Hub for your Security and Privacy Settings
Ben Woods, THE NEXT WEB (TheNextWeb.com) — Google has changed the way in which you can keep on top of your privacy and…
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Number of Consumers Hit by Data Breaches Has Doubled
(CBS News) – One-quarter of American adults say they’ve been victims of cyberattacks in the past 12 months. That’s…
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Hard Drive or Cloud Storage: What’s Best for Backup?
Marc Saltzman, Special for USA TODAY (USA Today)—If you’re reading this article – perhaps on a smartphone, tablet or…
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Government Wonders: What’s in Your Old Emails?
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — If you’ve been remiss in cleaning out your email in-box, here’s some incentive: The federal government can…
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Blacks More Active on Certain Social Media Sites
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Black and White people have similar rates of Internet use,…
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Privacy Tools: Opting Out from Data Brokers
By Julia Angwin Special to the NNPA from ProPublica In the course of writing my book, Dragnet Nation, I tried various…
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