Apple debuts new privacy ad highlighting how iPhone fights data brokers

Apple has a new advertisement and campaign highlighting how its privacy features can help stop third parties and data brokers from using or selling your information.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 7

Apple touts benefits of privacy-preserving ad tech in pitch to advertisers

Apple has revealed to advertisers that App Store search ads served in a non-targeted fashion are just as effective as those relying on targeting via first-party data.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 0

Apple's Jane Horvath to chair panel on the future of privacy

Jane Horvath, Apple's senior director of Global Privacy, will chair at the 15th annual Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels, talking about technology, regulation, and international cooperation.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 2

Google follows Apple by introducing Android app privacy 'nutrition labels'

Google is finally implementing its own take on Apple's privacy notices, with the "Data Safety" section of Google Play warning of data types that may be collected and shared by apps.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 4

Apple counters claims that privacy features were meant to boost its ad business

Apple has released a new report that analyzes the impact of App Tracking Transparency on the mobile advertising industry — and defends against accusations that it boosts its own ad business.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 2

Apple's Private Relay VPN feature appears to have a leak

Apple's Private Relay feature appears to have a flaw that can cause a system to ignore firewall rules and leak that a system is communicating with Apple servers, a new report claims.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 4

Apple expands feature that blurs iMessage nudity to UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia

Apple is rolling out the communication safety feature that scans iMessages for nudity on devices owned by younger users in the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia months after debuting it in the U.S.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 23

Apple's user privacy stance has caused problems for internal engineering teams

Apple's strong commitment to user privacy has reportedly made work more difficult for some of its engineers, leading to vetoed features and limitations on what its platforms can do.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 22

Apple's privacy features will cost Facebook $12.8 billion in 2022

Almost 12 months after Apple launched App Tracking Transparency, a new analysis predicts its second year will still see major disruption to advertiser, with Facebook, YouTube and more collectively losing around $16 billion.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 11

DuckDuckGo launches standalone web browser for Mac in beta

Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is adding to its existing iOS version with a new Mac web browser, currently in beta.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 11

Tim Cook rails against bad privacy regulation & sideloading in keynote speech

Apple CEO Tim Cook used his IAPP Global Privacy Summit keynote speech to discuss privacy and trust in the digital economy, including a need to stop regulations from forcing Apple to accept sideloading.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 11

Apple leaves privacy trade group citing 'weak privacy laws'

Apple has dropped out of the State Privacy and Security Coalition (SPSC) after expressing concerns that the trade group pushed legislation that would not adequately protect user data.

Amber Neely 4 years ago 11

Apple CEO Tim Cook's keynote speech will kick off the IAPP Global Privacy Summit

The keynote address for IAPP's Global Privacy Summit will be provided by Apple CEO Tim Cook, to kick off the event on April 12.

Wesley Hilliard 4 years ago 0

Apple named a titan in Time's 2022 list of most influential companies

Apple has again made the Time Magazine list of the 100 most influential companies of 2022, with the publication naming Apple a "titan" that is flexing its power with impactful privacy features.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 5

Apple thinks macOS security is unacceptable - here's how to keep your Mac safe

Apple has said that Mac is intrinsically less secure than the iPhone and iPad, but there's quite a bit you can do to shore up your digital defenses on macOS. Here are some good places to start.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 0

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