Apple Blocked 1.6 Million Risky, Vulnerable Apps in 2021

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Apple says its App Store fraud prevention mechanisms last year stopped potentially fraudulent transactions totaling roughly $1.5 billion.

Throughout 2021, the company prevented more than 3.3 million stolen credit cards from making purchases in the App Store, and banned nearly 600,000 accounts from ever transacting again.

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US, EU Sign Data Transfer Deal to Ease Privacy Concerns

The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement Friday that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S.

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How European Rulings Imperil Flagship Google Product

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Lax laws and sweetheart deals are becoming a thing of the past for big tech firms, particularly in Europe where a series of rulings is posing a major threat to one of Google’s flagship products.

More than half of the world’s websites use Google Analytics to help their owners understand the behavior of users.

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