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OpenAI Brings ChatGPT to Apple CarPlay, but It Cannot Access Navigation and Live Location Data
ChatGPT is rolling out to Apple CarPlay, allowing iPhone users on iOS 26.4 or later to interact with the assistant through voice while driving. The feature supports starting new chats, continuing recent conversations, and working within projects directly from the car interface. It can also launch automatically in voice mode. However, it does not ac...
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Apple's 'Hide My Email' Protects Users From Apps, Not Police
Apple's Hide My Email feature helps protect users from apps and websites, but court records show it does not prevent law enforcement from accessing user identities through legal requests.
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US State Sues Apple Over Alleged Use Of ICloud For Storing Child Sex Abuse Material
The US state of West Virginia on Thursday said it is suing Apple over child sex abuse material people tuck away in its iCloud online storage service.
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Privacy Concerns With Gemini-Powered Siri? This Is What Apple and Google Say
Apple and Google have announced a multi-year AI partnership that will bring Google’s Gemini technology into Apple Intelligence and power the long-delayed advanced Siri. While Apple says its privacy standards will remain intact, the deal has raised questions about how user data will be handled. Clearer details are expected closer to Siri’s rollo...
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ChatGPT Health Arrives as OpenAI’s Biggest Step Towards AI-Powered Healthcare Yet
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health and wellness experience that allows users to connect their personal medical records and fitness apps to ChatGPT for context-aware responses on lab results, appointments, diet, and exercise advice. Data in the Health space is isolated and encrypted with enhanced privacy protections, and OpenAI said ...
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Apple Is Improving Apple Intelligence Features Using Differential Privacy Techniques
Apple is developing new techniques to analyse user data patterns and aggregated insights to improve its artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Cupertino-based tech giant shared these differential privacy techniques on Monday, highlighting that these methods will not breach users’ privacy. Instead, the company is focusing on gathering data suc...
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Apple Adds Age Assurance Features for Improved Privacy, Revamps Child Account Setup Process
Apple has announced that it is streamlining the setup of Child Accounts and enhancing parental control features. The company aims to minimize data collection by developers while verifying app users' ages. Apple will introduce additional age categories for ratings, ensuring precise categorisation for apps designed for younger users. Developers will ...
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UK Asks Apple For Access To Users' Encrypted Accounts: Report
UK's office of the Home Secretary has served Apple with a document called a technical capability notice, ordering it to provide the access, as per a report.
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DeepSeek Blocked on App Store, Google Play Store in Italy
DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users.
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Data Privacy Day 2025: Top Apple Privacy Features to Enable on Your Devices
Data Privacy Day 2025 is celebrated every January 28, as a day for individuals to learn about the importance of protecting their personal data and privacy. It is imperative for users to be aware of privacy risks and learn how to address them. Apple customers can utilise the company's privacy-centric features for enhanced protection, which we have l...
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Apple Highlights Siri’s Privacy-Focused Approach Amid Growing Data Security Concerns
Apple issued a statement on Wednesday highlighting the company’s commitment to protecting user data processed by Siri. The statement came just days after the Cupertino-based tech giant agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed that Apple recorded private conversations with the voice assistant and sold them to third parties suc...
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Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices
Apple faces new accusations in a lawsuit filed by an employee over unlawful surveillance of employees' personal devices and iCloud accounts, The employee has alleged the firm requires staff to install software on personal devices used for work that provides access to their personal data, and prohibits them from discussing wages and work conditions.
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Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses
Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...
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Apple Must Face Narrowed Privacy Lawsuit Over Its Apps
Apple must face a narrowed privacy lawsuit after a US judge has dismissed most claims based on Apple's "Allow Apps to Request to Track" setting on the company's iPhones, while allowing claims that the company of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Sto...
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OpenAI Brings ChatGPT to Apple CarPlay, but It Cannot Access Navigation and Live Location Data
ChatGPT is rolling out to Apple CarPlay, allowing iPhone users on iOS 26.4 or later to interact with the assistant through voice while driving. The feature supports starting new chats, continuing recent conversations, and working within projects directly from the car interface. It can also launch automatically in voice mode. However, it does not ac...
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Apple's 'Hide My Email' Protects Users From Apps, Not Police
Apple's Hide My Email feature helps protect users from apps and websites, but court records show it does not prevent law enforcement from accessing user identities through legal requests.
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US State Sues Apple Over Alleged Use Of ICloud For Storing Child Sex Abuse Material
The US state of West Virginia on Thursday said it is suing Apple over child sex abuse material people tuck away in its iCloud online storage service.
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Privacy Concerns With Gemini-Powered Siri? This Is What Apple and Google Say
Apple and Google have announced a multi-year AI partnership that will bring Google’s Gemini technology into Apple Intelligence and power the long-delayed advanced Siri. While Apple says its privacy standards will remain intact, the deal has raised questions about how user data will be handled. Clearer details are expected closer to Siri’s rollo...
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ChatGPT Health Arrives as OpenAI’s Biggest Step Towards AI-Powered Healthcare Yet
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health and wellness experience that allows users to connect their personal medical records and fitness apps to ChatGPT for context-aware responses on lab results, appointments, diet, and exercise advice. Data in the Health space is isolated and encrypted with enhanced privacy protections, and OpenAI said ...
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Apple Is Improving Apple Intelligence Features Using Differential Privacy Techniques
Apple is developing new techniques to analyse user data patterns and aggregated insights to improve its artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Cupertino-based tech giant shared these differential privacy techniques on Monday, highlighting that these methods will not breach users’ privacy. Instead, the company is focusing on gathering data suc...
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Apple Adds Age Assurance Features for Improved Privacy, Revamps Child Account Setup Process
Apple has announced that it is streamlining the setup of Child Accounts and enhancing parental control features. The company aims to minimize data collection by developers while verifying app users' ages. Apple will introduce additional age categories for ratings, ensuring precise categorisation for apps designed for younger users. Developers will ...
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UK Asks Apple For Access To Users' Encrypted Accounts: Report
UK's office of the Home Secretary has served Apple with a document called a technical capability notice, ordering it to provide the access, as per a report.
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DeepSeek Blocked on App Store, Google Play Store in Italy
DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users.
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Data Privacy Day 2025: Top Apple Privacy Features to Enable on Your Devices
Data Privacy Day 2025 is celebrated every January 28, as a day for individuals to learn about the importance of protecting their personal data and privacy. It is imperative for users to be aware of privacy risks and learn how to address them. Apple customers can utilise the company's privacy-centric features for enhanced protection, which we have l...
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Apple Highlights Siri’s Privacy-Focused Approach Amid Growing Data Security Concerns
Apple issued a statement on Wednesday highlighting the company’s commitment to protecting user data processed by Siri. The statement came just days after the Cupertino-based tech giant agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed that Apple recorded private conversations with the voice assistant and sold them to third parties suc...
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Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices
Apple faces new accusations in a lawsuit filed by an employee over unlawful surveillance of employees' personal devices and iCloud accounts, The employee has alleged the firm requires staff to install software on personal devices used for work that provides access to their personal data, and prohibits them from discussing wages and work conditions.
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Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses
Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...
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Apple Must Face Narrowed Privacy Lawsuit Over Its Apps
Apple must face a narrowed privacy lawsuit after a US judge has dismissed most claims based on Apple's "Allow Apps to Request to Track" setting on the company's iPhones, while allowing claims that the company of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Sto...
