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Thinking of selling your old smartphone? Watch out, as its data may be retrievable even after wiping it!
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The NSA and its UK counterpart, the GCHQ, allegedly used apps like Angry Birds, Google Maps, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook etc, to pull out user data.
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In signs of growing Internet snooping by the enforcement authorities, India made an average about 15 requests per day to Google to access personal web details of users during January-June this year.
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Google has reportedly shut down its personalized homepage iGoogle service.
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Facebook has proposed "updates" to its privacy policies that explain how the social networking giant would use personal data of about 1.2 billion users to deliver advertising and other personalised services.
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The United States made three-quarters of the 1,157 data requests during the six-month period, according to the San Francisco-based company's report.
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Facebook revealed Friday it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.
Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 16:36
US tech giant Microsoft has disclosed that it and its main video chat service Skype received more than 75,000 requests last year from government law enforcement agencies in the US.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 12:46
In signs of growing Internet snooping by the enforcement authorities, India made an average of 13 requests a day to Google for access to personal web details of web users during 2012.
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If you suddenly feel the urge to share more on Facebook, it may have something to do with the latest policy changes on the social networking site.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 16:02
Developer Dan Nolan wrote a blog post describing how he found a treasure trove of personal information such as email and mailing addresses from users.
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