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  Earlier this month, Google announced the final release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, also known as Android L. Lollipop includes a number of valuable new privacy features worth special applause. Default Encryption New phones and tablets with Lollipop come with encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices or […]

[…] users feel more in control of the experience. Don’t like it?  Click on the icon on every targeted ad and turn off the interest based targeting. On mobile, use the limit ad tracking settings on iOS or Android (which will actually tell all apps you dont want interest based ads, not just Facebook). Facebook Ads

[…] that while not a new addition to the Policy, developers should be aware of the approaching August 1st deadline for moving app tracking based on the “ Android ID” to the new “Android Advertising Identifier.” After the deadline, all apps may track using only the Advertising ID and may not link it to any […]

[…] a variety of devices. In previous posts, we have reviewed the new privacy features for the most up-to-date versions of both Apple’s iPhone (running iOS 7) and Android (link Expired) (running 4.4 KitKat).  But what if you’re using a slightly older phone that doesn’t run the new operating systems?  In that case, this guide […]

[…] ON  Chrome 22% 2.06%  Safari 13% 5.86%  Firefox 12% 7.35%  IE 6 6% 0.00%  IE 8 13% 0.27%  IE 9 5% 8.82%  IE 10 8% 69.14%   Android 8% 0.00%  other 12% 1.97%  Grand Total 100% 8.39% This data is likely consistent with what an average ad network would see daily with respect to […]

[…] that almost all of the leading apps that collect precise location information do provide consumers with a privacy policy. Notable exceptions, however, included Cut the Rope on Android OS and Fruit Ninja Lite on iOS, which collect location information about consumers, without providing an app privacy policy to let consumers know how their data […]

[…] twice as likely to have privacy policies as paid apps Washington, DC—In May, the Future of Privacy Forum reviewed the most popular paid apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry marketplaces, documenting which ones provide consumers with the most basic privacy protection- a legally binding privacy policy. In a new survey released today, FPF […]

App-makers may need to look up from those iPhones, Android and BlackBerry games and other tools they’re developing in order to keep closer watch on Washington, where federal regulators are mulling new ways to protect app users. To read the full article, and see FPF’s Chris Wolf’s comments, please click here.

[…] using online data. With that in mind, the Future of Privacy Forum this week analyzed the top 30 paid mobile apps across the leading operating systems (iOS, Android, & Blackberry) and discovered that out of the top 30 applications, 22 of them — nearly three-quarters– lacked even a basic privacy policy.  A previous analysis […]