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Google on Feb. 16 announced the start of a multi-year process to limit the ability for advertisers to track users of Android devices and said it is exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data collection. “Today, we’re announcing a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new, more private […]

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to a $90 million settlement over a decade-old lawsuit which accused the social media platform of tracking users’ internet activity through browser plug-ins, even after they logged out of their accounts. A judge must now approve the settlement between Meta and the plaintiffs which was filed on Monday night […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it’s expanding a wastewater surveillance program to enhance efforts to track COVID-19 infections across the United States. “Go on, get the sewer jokes out of your system,” the CDC said in a note in October 2020, shortly after it first launched the scheme, called the National […]

China’s ability to collect data on global cargo flows is worrying the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports that Beijing’s worldwide logistics networks would even track shipments from ports far from China.

Some Chinese citizens have noticed an unusual change. Their health codes, used for contact tracing and vaccination records, have suddenly gone from showing clean bills of health to possible infections, despite many of them receiving negative virus test results amid a new round of mass testing.

Looking to make some money on the side? How about live-streaming crime scenes? A controversial crime tracking app is now hiring and offers around $25 an hour in New York.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged out of the social media platform. The justices declined to hear Facebook’s appeal of a lower court ruling that revived the […]