Privacy Digest 17/24
Default App Settings Can Pose a Risk to User Privacy
It’s easy to just go with an app’s default settings, but have you considered the consequences? Many apps are designed with default privacy settings that are intentionally complex, often making your personal information more exposed than protected. To safeguard your privacy, make sure to restrict app permissions and always review the privacy policies of the apps you use.
fastcompany.com
The Best Free Anonymous Email Accounts
Discover the best free anonymous email accounts with Ghostery’s comprehensive guide. Learn about secure, private options to safeguard your communications.
ghostery.com
Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals
Google and Meta secretly collaborated on a marketing project targeting teenagers with Instagram ads on YouTube, bypassing Google's own policies for minors. Documents and sources reveal that Google knowingly allowed ads to target 13- to 17-year-olds by using a user group labeled as "unknown," which primarily included minors. The campaign was designed to promote Instagram while concealing its true intent from Google's advertising system, according to documents reviewed by the Financial Times.
arstechnica.com
Texas sues GM for selling driver data to analytics, insurance companies
The lawsuit claims that GM and its subsidiary OnStar used telematics technology in most vehicles from the 2015 model year onward to transmit detailed driving data whenever the vehicles were in use. The complaint asserts that this data was then sold to various data analytics companies, which used it to generate driver scores. The state of Texas alleges that GM required these companies to license the data to insurance providers, who then used it to calculate rates based on the collected information.
theregister.com