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Abortion Patient Seeks Order Banning Google From Collecting Data - 05/30/2023

A New York-based social media startup is seeking to set itself apart from mainstream tech practices by taking ...

Google Sued Over Alleged Collection Of Abortion Data - 05/16/2023

Heartbeat International, an Ohio-based nonprofit, has spent years collecting data on pregnant women to develop better ways to make sure women carry pregnancies to term and to persuade them from getting an abortion.

To answer the privacy question posed in the headline in a couple of words: not very. Expect a flurry of litigation involving no-choice and pro-choice states and the feds on issues of extraterritoriality, enforcement, and evidence.

Google's extended plan to replace third-party cookies and shore up user privacy across mobile devices includes swipe at Apple's privacy agenda

Does it stop third-party tracking? Or is it just an illusion of privacy?

Poland’s competition watchdog is the latest to investigate Apple over policy changes to its mobile platform that impact how third-party apps can track iOS users by requiring they request permission before they can grab data. The country’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said today that it’s opened an investigation into changes to how […]

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has opened an investigation into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature..

Apples App Tracking Transparency (ATT) might still allow app developers to track iPhone users albeit on an anonymised and aggregated basis rather than examining specific user profiles.