Does Google auction daily your geolocations? Yes
Google Location History ‘View’ is the new functionality in ErnieApp that you can use to discover how Google sell to advertisers the ‘places list’ you’ve been. Open the app and click on the little ‘eye’ icon under Google Geolocation to find out.
More universities are banning TikTok from their campus networks and devices
More and more U.S. public universities have blocked the social media app TikTok from their networks and are in the process of removing the app from university-issued devices because of digital security concerns. “There are legitimate reasons to be concerned about data privacy and TikTok. It’s not paranoia,” said Karen North, a professor of digital […]
Privacy take-up in Africa
The comprehensive data protection laws in Africa share many features that exist in other regimes such as the GDPR, China’s Personal Information Protection Law, and California’s California Consumer Privacy Protection Act and its successor, the California Privacy Rights Act. For example, with respect to the most common rights of data subjects, 33 African countries provide […]
Privacy on Pinterest easy!
Hello ErnieApp users! PKM 4.0 is now released! You can now control Pinterest privacy settings including your cookies preferences. Pinterest asks your permission to share you profile with search engines. Were you aware of?
ErnieApp 4.0 coming!
Are you ready for ErnieApp 4.0? We’re getting closer and closer to app 4.0 release. Among other things it will empower you to discover how Google monetize your profile online. True Google says it doesn’t sell your personal data or location history to advertisers but in fact it auctions off your profile via key words […]
October 2022 – Prize Draw Winner Announcement
ErnieApp is happy to announce the winner of the October 2022 Prize Draw edition (25€ Amazon Gift Card). The lucky winner is Cristina C. Well done Cristina ! Cristina is a member of the ErnieApp community which continues to grow and expand beyond European geographies. We can now account new active users in Mexico, Unites […]
October 2022 – Prize Draw Winner Announcement
ErnieApp is happy to announce the winner of the October 2022 Prize Draw edition (25€ Amazon Gift Card). The lucky winner is Mattia G. Well done Mattia! Mattia is a member of the ErnieApp community which continues to grow and expand beyond European geographies. We can now account new active users in Mexico, Unites States […]
October 2022 – Prize Draw Winner Announcement
ErnieApp is happy to announce the winner of the October 2022 Prize Draw edition (25€ Amazon Gift Card). The lucky winner is Giuseppina Gallo. Well done Giuseppina! Giuseppina is a member of the ErnieApp community which continues to grow and expand beyond European geographies. We can now account new active users in Mexico, Unites States […]
Who is the winner of the 5G Xiaomi smartphone?
The winner is Gianni Mascia from Italy! Congrats to Gianni and thank to all participants. The monthly Prize draw continues. Have you completed the Ernie game 5 playgrounds? Which skills level have you reached ? Be wise. Learn by playing how companies exploit your data. Then apply your privacy and consent preferences as you ‘wish’.
US Discord social media platform fined 800,000€
US Discord social media platform fined 800,000€ by French data protection agency CNIL for failing to comply with GDPR. Let’s build on this and other fines announcements to make our case. Let’s call for appropriate privacy settings design on all apps that we love and use daily. It is our right to easily manage control […]
