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ICYMI: Our DuckDuckGo Email Protection beta is now open to all!
There are many ways companies can use your email to track you, target you with ads & influence what you see online. Stop tracking companies in their tracks with DuckDuckGo Email Protection.
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Global Privacy Control is a browser or device setting that, when enabled, signals to all visited websites a preference for privacy.
Learn more:
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Sephora has started respecting Global Privacy Control settings after being accused of violating the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Protect yourself with our browser, one of the only browsers that has Global Privacy Control settings built in by default.
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As more people take steps to protect their data, we're hard at work improving our all-in-one privacy app with search, browsing, and now email. Zachary McAuliffe has five reasons to give our search engine a try. 🦆
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DuckDuckGo now offers anti-tracking email service to everyone
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Email Protection is better than ever with more privacy protections like Smarter Encryption + Link Tracking Protection, and the ability to reply from your Duck.com addresses.
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We found trackers in approximately 85% of emails😠. Plus companies often use your address to profile you.
Get more privacy now (on latest versions):
📱DuckDuckGo app > Settings > Email Protection
💻 Using DuckDuckGo extension or our macOS app, go to duckduckgo.com/email
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Our Email Protection beta is now open to all! Get a ✉️ Duck.com address and/or generate unlimited random addresses & we'll remove trackers before forwarding emails to your regular inbox — no need to juggle inboxes. Same inbox, more privacy. spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-i
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The rise of connected vehicles means that our cars are harvesting petabytes of data about our everyday lives, Rob Stumpf reports.
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Across 21 airports and impossible to miss, is showcasing their free app on more than 700 of our screens (via privacy-friendly advertising practices, of course!).
#DOOH #AirportAdvertising
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The first major bill to take on Big Tech’s anti-competitive behavior should be put to a vote when Congress resumes, argues Jennifer Rubin.
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"Password managers are the vegetables of the internet. We know they’re good for us, but most of us are happier snacking on the password equivalent of junk food." - Scott Gilbertson
We agree! 🥕🦆 Any password manager is a step up from using weak passwords.
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Immersive experiences in the metaverse will magnify the amount of data collected, to include body movement tracking along with online behavior. Kenya Wiley suggests three ways to protect our human rights in these new digital spaces. protocol.com/policy/metaver
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Two lawsuits have been filed against Meta, alleging that the company violated medical privacy laws with a tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook.
Protect your privacy with DuckDuckGo; we automatically block requests like these.
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Google is still stuck in the cookie jar, even as 3rd-party tracking moves well beyond cookies.
To get proper protection, you need to stop trackers from loading in the first place, like we do in our apps and extensions.
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For the first time the tech industry has spent more on political ads than the pharmaceutical industry, more than $120 million.
The reason? To stymie competition by discouraging Congress from acting on antitrust bills that enjoy broad public support.
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Our new 'Web Tracking Protections' help page offers a comprehensive explanation of all the web tracking protections we provide across platforms, all in one place:
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Today we're announcing increased protection from Microsoft trackers in our browsing apps, expanded transparency around our web privacy protections and more. Read all the details here:
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According to a new poll, an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Republicans support new legislation that would bar tech giants from preferring their own products and services over rivals.
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Five tips to better protect your privacy when it comes to therapy apps.
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In the new era of workplace surveillance driven by AI, Australia's privacy laws need updates to protect workers reports Alicia Bridges.
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The Cambridge Analytica breach resulted in a record-breaking $5 billion fine for Facebook in 2019. Now Mark Zuckerberg will have to do a 6-hour deposition as part of a class-action lawsuit, reports Isobel Asher Hamilton.
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Gatekeeping tech companies should not be able to favor their own products and services over those of competitors.
This is important.👇
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TikTok is once again in hot water over its privacy practices, as European regulators warn against a planned policy change that would stop asking users for their consent to run personalized ads, reports .
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Internal documents from Google and Amazon show new examples of how the companies favor their own products over competitors’.
One example: Heavily redacted emails appear to show how Google pressured phone makers to prioritize its own apps on their devices.
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Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV are often collecting data on what you stream and tracking it from behind the scenes, reports Sarah Lord.
Here are the settings to change if you want more privacy:
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Open letter from DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Qwant sets out new proposals for choice screens and service switching methods
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BREAKING: Senator just said ON THE RECORD that he has assured enough GOP votes to pass #AICOA, the antitrust bill that would rein in Big Tech monopolies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon.
It's time to put Big Tech up for a vote! AntitrustSummer.com
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Consumer groups in 8 countries are taking action against Google due to personal data harvesting practices.
"The language Google uses at every step of the registration process is unclear, incomplete, and misleading," states EU consumer organization, BEUC.
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Online advertising firms have collected around 73 million data points about a child by the time they're 13.
This story by Geoffrey Fowler talks about how to change that:
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Pseudo-anonymous digital tokens are being trialled by German phone companies as a "privacy-friendly" alternative to cookies, but privacy experts say the technology is actually a data grab. reports.
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Accurate market share data, especially for smaller providers, is essential for fair choice screens and effective switching mechanisms, both to ensure the right providers are displayed and to help enforcers accurately measure outcomes.
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