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Online tracking: cookies, trackers and privacy news

Edited by Marcin Rybak

This edition was produced with artificial intelligence. Text and voice are generated automatically.

Timeline

  1. App Manager Exposes Hidden Android Trackers Without Google Play Privacy
  2. Meta’s Muse drafts hourly profiles of friends and family who never signed up Privacy
  3. Seattle bans personalized grocery pricing based on personal data Privacy
  4. Most users never revisit privacy settings as defaults favor data collection Privacy
  5. Filesystem Attack Tracks Users Across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android Privacy
  6. Meta found liable for 43 million violations in New Mexico data case Privacy
  7. Study: one day of privacy policies tops Shakespeare’s complete works Privacy
  8. EDPB letter on Google search data clashes with its own anonymisation guidance Privacy
  9. Contextual advertising explained as consent rules tighten Privacy
  10. Seattle Council Votes 7-2 to Ban Algorithmic Grocery Pricing Privacy
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  1. OpenAI ad cookie links ChatGPT accounts to browsing across 936 advertiser pixels Privacy
  2. Amazon SES tracking requires explicit opt-in under CNIL and ePrivacy guidance Privacy
  3. Explaining eTLD+1: The Boundary That Defines a Web Site Privacy
  4. Explaining Unlinkability: Why Privacy Hinges on Broken Joins Privacy
  5. Musk’s America PAC Expands Data Sharing From VoteSafe Registration Tool Privacy
  6. Europe’s Cookie Law Is Really a Law About Surveillance, and Its Future Is Being Rewritten Privacy
  7. Grindr to Pay £26 Million to 12,000 UK Users Over Alleged HIV Data Sharing Privacy
  8. US Military Disables Ad Trackers on Government Devices After Iran Tracking Concerns Security
  9. Australia Proposes Consent Requirement for Ad Tech Pixel Sharing Privacy
  10. Australia’s Draft Privacy Bill Defines Trade in Personal Data Privacy
  11. Australia’s Privacy Overhaul Targets Dark Patterns and AI Inferences Privacy
  12. Australia’s Privacy Bill Adds Geolocation and Biometric Protections Privacy
  13. Songkick Lawsuit Alleges Tracking Persists After Cookie Rejection Privacy
  14. Proton Analysis Finds Trackers in 85% of US VPN Apps Privacy
  15. Brave Browser Adds Email Aliases to Help Users Evade Tracking Security
  16. Apple Reverses Hide My Email Domain Change After User Backlash Privacy
  17. FTC Warns Companies on Personalized Pricing, Demands Clear Disclosure Privacy
  18. McDonald’s Compiled 515-Page Dossier on One Customer Privacy
  19. OpenAI Brings Consent-Based Ads to ChatGPT in Europe Privacy
  20. German Privacy Watchdog Calls for EU-Wide Cookie Banner Replacement Privacy
  21. USA Today Co. partners with Palantir to analyze audience data Privacy
  22. FTC Sues Hims & Hers Over Health Data Sharing and Deceptive Billing Privacy
  23. Browser Fingerprinting: The Cookie-Less Tracking Method You Can Fight Back Against Privacy
  24. Attorneys Seek Non-Users for Class Action Over Meta Pixel Health Data Collection Privacy
  25. EU Proposal to Kill Cookie Banners Faces Industry Pushback Privacy
  26. Proton Reveals How Smart TVs Use Automatic Content Recognition to Track Everything on Screen Privacy
  27. Euki App Praised for Privacy in Period-Tracking Audit Privacy
  28. Iran Used Ad Tracking Data to Target US Troops in Hotels Privacy
  29. Mozilla Review Flags Privacy Risks in Period Trackers Privacy
  30. TikTok Tracks Users Via Pixel Even Without an Account, BBC Investigation Finds Privacy
  31. Google to Allow IP Addresses for Personalized Ads in Europe Starting August 4 Privacy
  32. Microsoft’s Global Device ID Used to Track Hacker, Raising Privacy Concerns Privacy
  33. Hacker Arrest Reveals Microsoft Windows Global Device ID Tracks Users Security
  34. Alibaba Bans Claude Code After Anthropic Caught Tracking Chinese Users With Hidden Code Privacy
  35. White House allegedly built federal websites with hidden tracking tools Privacy
  36. RSS remains a powerful privacy tool against algorithmic feeds Privacy
  37. Website Reveals How Much Your Browser Tells About You Privacy
  38. Google to Use IP Addresses for Ad Personalization in EU and UK by August 2026 Privacy
  39. Canada Unveils Long-Awaited Privacy Overhaul, Targets Children’s Data and Surveillance Pricing Privacy
  40. Meta to Use External Activity Data to Personalize Feeds and AI Chats Privacy

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