Privacy Policy news and trends

Apple Card’s New Privacy Policy Allows More Data Sharing With Goldman, Adds Transaction Details
Apple // March 24, 2020

Apple has updated Apple Card’s privacy policy to allow more sharing of anonymous data with partner Goldman Sachs, according to a report. Apple said it’s making the change to help determine customers’ credit eligibility. Customers will have the ability to opt-out from the change. The...

Google Tweaks India Payments App Privacy Policy
Mobile Applications // September 24, 2018

After charges that Google’s Indian mobile payment app allowed for the disclosure of customer data for advertising, the internet giant changed the privacy policy portion of its mobile payment application. Reuters reported that Paytm, the rival digital payments company, complained that the mobile payment app...

Senate Commerce Committee Wants A Word With Google, Amazon, Twitter
Security & Fraud // September 12, 2018

AT&T, Twitter, Alphabet’s Google and three other major web and internet service companies plan to testify before a U.S. Senate panel later in September to lay out their consumer data privacy practices. According to a report in Reuters, the companies – which also include Amazon,...

Internet Association Says Companies Support National Data Privacy Rules
Regulation // September 12, 2018

The Internet Association, a group that represents Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, among other technology and internet companies, said on Tuesday (Sept. 11) that it supports data privacy rules in the U.S. that are more modern, but urged lawmakers to approach the issue nationally. According to...

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X to Collect User Biometric and Employment Data on Road to Super App

August 31, 2023
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric data. “Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the policy states. Exactly what X considers biometrics is unclear and was […]

Apple Card’s New Privacy Policy Allows More Data Sharing With Goldman, Adds Transaction Details

March 24, 2020
Apple has updated Apple Card’s privacy policy to allow more sharing of anonymous data with partner Goldman Sachs, according to a report. Apple said it’s making the change to help...

Google Tweaks India Payments App Privacy Policy

September 24, 2018
After charges that Google’s Indian mobile payment app allowed for the disclosure of customer data for advertising, the internet giant changed the privacy policy portion of its mobile payment application....

Senate Commerce Committee Wants A Word With Google, Amazon, Twitter

September 12, 2018
AT&T, Twitter, Alphabet’s Google and three other major web and internet service companies plan to testify before a U.S. Senate panel later in September to lay out their consumer data...