This page contains a list of interesting actual cases of privacy threats that have hit the news (original source included). Don’t hesitate to contact us via e-mail if you have noticed similar cases. The CAPrice website is not responsible for the content of external websites.
FaceApp now owns access to more than 150 million people’s faces and names. Everyone’s seen them: friends posting pictures of themselves now, and years in the future. Viral app FaceApp has been giving people the power to change their facial expressions, looks, and now age for several years. But at the same time, people have […]
This is the most known data breaches of 2018. Data breaches can happen for a variety of reasons. Some companies are hacked. Data can be mishandled or sold to third parties. Holes in a website’s security system can leave information unprotected. One of the latest victims was Marriott hotels, which recently revealed that hackers had […]
Terrifying cyber crime statistics in 2018 Unfortunately, with technology on the rise, there’s more room for cyber crime in 2018. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, 43% of businesses were a victim of a cyber security breach in the last 12 months. In the U.S., the state of California lost more than $214 […]
Iphone apps privacy leak: In September, security researchers discovered that dozens of popular news, weather, & fitness iPhone apps that require access to location data sell the data they collect to companies engaged in ad targeting. Dozens of popular iPhone apps are sharing the location data of millions of mobile devices with third-party data monetization […]
GDPR News: 400,000 € Fine on Hospital The Barreiro Hospital in Portugal was fined 400,000 € by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority CNPD (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) for incompliancy with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by not separating access rights to patents’ clinical data. The public sector hospital had granted access […]
Google plus bug leaks personal information. Google says it found security flaw in March but chose not to tell users The flaw meant some Google+ profile information that users had thought was private could have been viewed by third parties. The company said that was because it could not accurately identify which users to inform, […]
Red Shell analytics software causes privacy uproar, over a dozen video games developers vow to drop it. Other developers and publishers are standing by it, however, saying the app is useful and harmless. A piece of software called Red Shell that’s used by game developers for marketing analysis has caused an uproar among gamers who […]
Complaint filed with US watchdog which mentions that youtube illegally collects data on children. A coalition of 23 child advocacy, consumer and privacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission alleging that Google is violating child protection laws by collecting personal data of and advertising to those aged under 13. The […]
Google Photos auto-syncs when you connect to Wi-Fi. Accidentally turning it on even once means you might end up uploading all of your photos to Google’s servers. This is one more digital privacy true-story that is titled: “I Tried to Watch a Video of a Puppy and Accidentally Sent Every Photo I’ve Ever Taken to […]
Mozilla calls on Amazon to present its privacy information more clearly for the Echo Dot Kids Edition. Amazon’s product page for its new Echo Dot Kids Edition doesn’t mention the words “privacy” or “data.” Mozilla thinks it should. The e-commerce company last month introduced the new, child-friendly Echo device, powered by an Alexa voice assistant that was modified for kids ages 5 to […]
Smart toys and privacy… One more article that all parents should read, because it seemt that there’s a thin line to walk between privacy and profits if you’re looking to build a smart toy. It’s a source of anxiety for any parent: getting rid of your child’s beloved toy. That’s exactly what regulators in Germany […]
A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that Grindr, the popular gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. (Update: Late on Monday 2nd of April Grindr said it would stop sharing this information.) The gay hookup app Grindr, which has […]
It’s true: Facebook is collecting your calls, contacts and SMS texts… Facebook is facing yet more outrage over a feature that lets it record you call and SMS logs, but there is a way to keep the social network out. Facebook users deleting their accounts are raising the alarm on the amount of personal data the […]
An article talk about video games, data collection, advertisements and privacy, introducing the dark arts of data collection and product placement. Adverts in gaming or advergaming systems are becoming more complex as marketeers resort to techniques that embed advertising deep enough so that earlier ad-blocking attempts no longer work. The market was explored in a talk […]
This is one more story about unjustified access to UK medical data. Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind has come under fire again for its partnership with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). According to a leaked letter from the government’s top data advisor, the company’s deal to train a new medical app using health data from […]
