Android apps really do use those permissions they ask for to access users' personal information: one online store records a phone's location up to 10 times a minute, French researchers have found. The tools to manage such access are limited, and inadequate given how much information phones can gather.
Peter Sayer | 16 Dec | Read more
Google has lodged an appeal against the €150,000 (US$205,000) fine imposed by the French privacy watchdog, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
Peter Sayer | 15 Jan | Read more
France's data protection authority has given Google three months to change the way it handles users' private data, or face legal sanctions.
Peter Sayer | 20 Jun | Read more
Mobile phone apps are accessing users' private data and transmitting it to remote servers far more than appears strictly necessary, while users have inadequate tools to monitor or control such access, according to a new study by two French government agencies.
Peter Sayer | 09 Apr | Read more
Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google's privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their requests that it reverse changes it made to the policy last March, they announced Tuesday.
Peter Sayer | 02 Apr | Read more
European privacy authorities approved a plan to come up with measures to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal information before the summer.
Loek Essers | 28 Feb | Read more