- Security
- By George Dascalu
- May 12th, 2021
Facebook Ignores Germany's Data Collection Ban for Now
GDPR regulators are urged to enforce an Europe-wide ban
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- July 27th, 2020
Microsoft Announces New Windows 10 Diagnostic Data Options
The new options are available for enterprises
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 10th, 2020
Firefox 75 Comes with a New Windows Scheduled Task for Data Collection
Telemetry service enabled to help improve Firefox
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- March 8th, 2020
Microsoft Makes More Changes to the Way It Collects Windows 10 Data
Diagnostic data changes announced in Windows 10
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 13th, 2020
Antivirus Maker Avast Under Investigation for Selling User Data to Tech Giants
Avast reportedly sold users’ browsing history to a series of tech companies, including Google and Microsoft
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 6th, 2020
What Data Carriers Can Collect About You Using Just the Phone Number
According to data retention laws in specific countries
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 23rd, 2019
Overwolf Accused of Harvesting User Data, Company Clears Up the Confusion UPDATED
Overwolf is offered as an optional install in TeamSpeak
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 17th, 2019
How Much Money Avast Makes by Collecting and Selling User Data
Company CEO comments on recent privacy concerns
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 2nd, 2019
Microsoft Says It’ll Let Users Know More About the Data It Collects
New transparency efforts announced by the company
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 13th, 2018
Privacy International Files GDPR Complaints Against Oracle, Equifax, More
Wants to expose data collection for profiling purposes
- Google News
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 11th, 2018
Google Under Investigation for Illegal Consumer Tracking
Location data collection still going even when turned off
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- July 23rd, 2018
Microsoft Begins Pushing Windows 7 Update Used to Collect Data to All Systems
The telemetry saga is back with another episode
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 29th, 2018
Microsoft Brings Windows 10-Like Data Collection to Office, Users Can’t Opt Out
Telemetry engine now available in Microsoft Office
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- February 14th, 2018
Canonical Wants to Collect Some Data from Ubuntu Users to Improve New Releases
Users will be able to opt out of any data collecting
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 16th, 2017
Facebook Gets Fined by French Authorities for Collecting User Data
The fine is of 150,000 euros, a mere slap on the wrist
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- July 21st, 2016
France Wants Microsoft to Stop “Excessive” User Data Collection in Windows 10
Redmond has three months to comply with these requirements
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Maxthon Browser Collects Sensitive Data Even If Users Opt Out UPDATED
Another Chinese browser accused of hoarding user data