Mobile app tracking you?
Yes, except very few exceptions like ErnieApp. Developers generally design their app to collect your data which they can sell to data brokers and digital platforms which reuse them to target you with ads. Some exemple: calculators, weather apps, game apps etc. How to protect yourself? By managing the privacy setting. (Photo by William Hook)
No sensitive info on ChatGPT!
Walmart notified all employees not to share any business information on ChatGPT or other AI bots. Why? Because ChatGPT ingests any information and make it available ‘as is’ to everyone, including confidential information. So, be careful!
ErnieApp at MWC2023
Vicky McLeod, Secretary General of GTWN and Editor-in-Chief of The Mobile Century interviews ErnieApp CEO and founder Isa de Michelis. The Privacy Knowledge Manager gets featured among the most innovative apps founded by a woman in TMC issue 9.
Google data view : did you click?
Whichever plan you’re enrolled, you can action the Data View functionality on your Gmail profile. Have you tried it already? If you click on the little ‘eye’ icon you will ‘visualize’ your Google profile parameters, those same parameters Googles auction off every day to advertisers and marketers. This information are truly personal data. They span […]
Your award when you recommend an app
Recommending an app had never been easier. It’s a simple click on a Refer a Friend button. However, it’s important noting that making a referral is a valuable demonstration of trust toward the app developer and as such should always be rewarded. At ErnieApp we award you 150 Ernie’s for each registered user you recommended […]
Facebook and San Marino
Facebook fined another 4 million euro for violating user’s privacy by San Marino Data Protection Authority. No further appeal possible Read >>> full article <<<
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?
