The U.K., France, Italy, and Germany have found Google to be in breach of their agreement to uphold consumers’ privacy. Members of the European Union found Google in violation about a year ago when Google (also owner of YouTube) merged about 60 privacy policies into one single policy. Google responded, “Our privacy policy respects European [...]
Question: My Gmail account got hacked. What is the best protection? Answer: Our analysis shows that your account was compromised by an IP from Nigeria. Though we’re not sure how your gmail got hacked, a good guess would be you had a weak password. If so, the best protection is to use separate passwords for [...]
Malware is malicious software that a user unwittingly installs on their computer. Malware can disrupt computer operations, capture every keystroke, destroy data, gather usernames and passwords, acquire your address book and email addresses, or gain access to private networks. “McAfee has announced, in its quarterly threats report, that it has identified 8 million new kinds [...]
Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances to Users of Apple’s Safari Internet Browser Privacy Settlement is the Largest FTC Penalty Ever for Violation of a Commission Order Google Inc. has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented [...]
The amount and type of data that Google collects is dangerous. Not only do they use information from your IP address, but they also combine this data with web browser cookies, Adobe Flash storage and Java script programs. Businesses that use Google Docs, Google Maps, gmail, etc., need to be responsible and not allow any [...]
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