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California Bans “Dark Patterns” Under Landmark Privacy Law
Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA / Contributor (Getty Images) New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will…
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Google Can Be Sued for Tracking Users in Private Browsing Mode
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) A U.S. district judge in California has stated that Google can be sued for collecting…
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T-Mobile’s New Program Opts You Into Targeted Ads
Photo: John MacDougall (Getty Images) Heads up, fellow T-Mobile customers: You might want to take a look at your mobile…
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The Best VPN Deals for March 2021
Image: NordVPN Best Tech DealsBest Tech DealsThe best tech deals from around the web, updated daily. Featured Deal: Save 68%…
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Google Killing Cookies in Chrome Isn’t What It Seems
Photo: David Ramos (Getty Images) After spending more than a decade building up massive profits off targeted advertising, Google announced…
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Hollywood Private Schools Fall Victim to a String of Server Hacks
Photo: David Livingston / Stringer (Getty Images) In a string of attacks, several of Los Angeles’ most elite private schools…
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Brave Is Launching a Search Engine to Take On Google
Photo: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo, Screenshot: Brave Just a few months after rolling out what can probably be called the first privacy-preserving…
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Facebook Rolls Out Ad Campaign To Defend Targeted Ads
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Just two months after running a full-page ad decrying Apple’s impending updates, Facebook is rolling…
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TikTok to Pay $92 Million Settlement in Nationwide Privacy Suit
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) TikTok has agreed to fork over $92 million to settle a class-action complaint regarding alleged…
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Here’s How Firefox’s New Cookie Settings Work
Graphic: Mozilla Mozilla beefed up Firefox’s already impressive arsenal of privacy-preserving tech on Tuesday with the addition of a new…
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