The U.K. suicide prevention charity maintains that legal advisers have told it the controversial app is compliant with British data protection law — but refuse to explain this position just yet,… Read more »
The Samaritans Radar Twitter app, launched this week by the U.K.’s main suicide prevention charity, has good intentions. However, it’s an ethical and legal minefield. Read more »
While the original Truecaller app provides handy information about incoming calls, the Truedialer app aims to do the same with outgoing calls, while replacing the user’s standard contacts app. Read more »
The charity has launched a service called Samaritans Radar, which helps and encourages Twitter users to support potentially depressed contacts. However, some see it as invasive and counterproductive. Read more »
As the Verizon “permacookie” debacle shows, some carriers are more interested in inserting themselves into the lucrative mobile advertising world than they are in their customers’ privacy. With new developments around… Read more »
Most people are these days using browsers that support the much safer TLS web encryption protocol, but some aren’t, notably those still using Internet Explorer 6 — most of whom seem… Read more »
Remember that crazy Russian law forcing any web service that handles Russians’ personal data to store it in Russian data centers? The one that’s annoyed the U.S. and may lead to… Read more »
Truecaller’s no longer just an anti-spam service — now it wants to become the go-to service for contacts and personal information management. But, despite all the investment that’s pouring in, there’s… Read more »
Günther Oettinger, the man who will likely oversee much of Europe’s digital policy from later this year, made a pretty startling slip-up during his confirmation hearing. Read more »
The U.S. firms have reportedly been told they must store Russians’ local data and metadata on Russian soil, and abide by the same restrictions on free speech to which traditional Russian… Read more »