Australien - Google will nicht für Suchergebnisse haften

Ein australisches Gericht hat im Jahr 2020 entschieden, dass Google für die eigenen Suchergebnisse haftbar sei. Dagegen geht das Unternehmen nun in Berufung. Scheitert Google, könnte dies neuen Formen privater Eingriffe in die Freiheit der...

Google kills FLoC, unveils new plan to replace tracking cookies — here's how it works

Out with FLoC, in with Topics

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody@mastodon.social)

Bombshell Decision That Use of Google Analytics in Austria Violates Top EU Court’s Ruling Boosts GDPR Impact Again -...

Australian Defamation Verdict Causes Google to Cry Censorship

A recent Australian defamation verdict awarded US$40,000 in damages for an Google search result. Google warns of censorship.

Google abandons FLoC, introduces Topics API to replace tracking cookies

Google claims Topics can help balance privacy vs. ads.

Attorneys General Suing Google Over Location Data Collection

The D.C. attorney general is leading other state AGs alleging Google mislead consumers into believing they could disable location tracking.

SONOFF ZBMINI-L Zigbee 3.0 Smart Switch works without neutral wire - CNX Software

SONOFF ZBMINI-L is a one-gang Zigbee 3.0 smart switch that does not require a neutral wire, and works with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa...

Google Chrome 97 media playback pausing randomly on Windows & Linux

Google Chrome 97 users are facing an issue where the media/video playback is pausing randomly on Windows and Linux. Workaround inside.

State AGs Allege Google Deceived Users to Profit From Location Data

"Google has a powerful financial incentive to obscure the details of its location data collection practices and to make it difficult for consumers to opt out of being tracked," said D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.

European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads

The proposal also pressures platforms to remove illegal content.

Pervasive Apple Safari Bug Exposes Web-Browsing Data, Google IDs

The information-disclosure issue, affecting Macs, iPhones and iPads, allows a snooping website to find out information about other tabs a user might have open.

YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” - Kluwer Copyright Blog

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability of platforms like YouTube through the famous...

[Guest post] The new German competition tool in action – Ensuring the effectiveness of the new press publisher’s neighbouring right against Google

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Farewell, G Suite legacy free edition

Today I saw the news that Google are pulling on the plug on the G Suite legacy free edition (a.k.a. Google Apps for custom domains). If you don’t recall the story - originally the service was free for up to 50 users (making it quite popular with...

With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation

Another Linux Foundation (LF) group seems to have been taken over by the company that’s attacking Linux and attacking real security (as opposed to fake security or back doors in the name of “national security” — the Trojan horse for imperialistic...