Privacy Concerns

Big Tech lobbying group NetChoice criticized a report from the Wall Street Journal that Democrat and Republican state attorneys general plan to launch an antitrust investigation of Big Tech firms like Amazon, Facebook and Google, citing a Zogby poll that foun…

Google is ending a service that allowed wireless carriers around the world that gave critical information including their network coverage and their signal strength. The move by the Mountain View, California based tech company comes at a time when regulators …

In April of this year, Google shut down a valuable resource for wireless carriers which allowed them to see areas with poor coverage. That data was used to help determine where the carrier needed to improve its network presence. The service was called "Mobil…

(Bloomberg) -- Indias top court handed out a reprieve to Facebook Inc. in its battle to preserve the encryption feature of its Whatsapp messaging service which prevents it from sharing details of users or messages with the authorities. The court stopped shor…

Google is known for introducing many new products and services only to shut them down after a few years. Many programs have survived but some were not so lucky. The next casualty is a service that showed the weak spots of a network. There is no formal announc…

In order to steer clear of potential scrutiny over privacy concerns, Google is no longer providing wireless carriers around the world with certain Android phone data that helped identify weak spots in network coverage, according to Reuters. Citing unnamed so…

For once, Google is putting an end to a data collection practice before it attracts closer inspection from lawmakers and regulators. Reuters is reporting that Google has shut down its Mobile Network Insights service over concerns that sharing data from users…

Birth control pill delivery start-up Pill Club launched a public complaint against CVS Caremark on Thursday over alleged payment demands from the pharmacy chain. Pill Club claimed that CVS Caremark, the prescription benefit management service for CVS, was t…

Three years ago Snap (NYSE:SNAP) launched Spectacles, a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses that sent photos and videos straight to its Snapchat. The device initially generated lots of interest thanks to a clever marketing campaign with vanishing vending m…

NEW YORK Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with a history of privacy lapses. The practice was, until recently, common in the tech industry. Companies say the us…