Google to pay $62 million for tracking users without consent, according to lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila approved a final, multimillion-dollar settlement with Google. The class action lawsuit comes amid an investigation by the Associated Press that exposed the Silicon ... Read More

Android 15 might put suspicious apps in quarantine to protect your phone

Android 15 could offer a new way to protect devices from misbehaving apps by quarantining them. The security measure puts quarantined apps in a silent mode, limiting their activities and interactions ... Read More

Google Raises Privacy Bar with Its Crowdsourced Tracking Service

Google’s new Find My Device network works nearly identically to Apple’s Find My network with a few exceptions: Google’s design offers more anti-stalking and privacy features than Apple. Read More

Google wants to show all Android location-sharing settings in one place

Location sharing is a permission you'll want to keep track of, and this upcoming settings menu will consolidate and simplify things. Read More

Apple will soon let users in the EU download apps through web sites, not just the App Store

Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps ... include more flexibility from Apple around in-app payments, as well as a ban on its usual anti-steering measures. This means that iOS developers ... Read More

Google to pay $62 million for tracking users without consent

SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — Google will pay $62 million to numerous nonprofits on behalf of people who say the company violated their constitutional and common law privacy rights by tracking and storing ... Read More