In Brief: Xayn raises $12M in Series A for its privacy-based web search app for smartphones
The privacy-by-design app has been downloaded around 215,000 times and plans for a web version are underway.
The privacy-by-design app has been downloaded around 215,000 times and plans for a web version are underway.
Google announced it will soon allow requests for removal of Google images for anyone under 18 as part of a way to give minors more control of their digital footprint. Other planned changes include: 1) a change to YouTube’s default for ages 13-17 to the most private option; 2) Google Location History will remain off without an option to turn it on for users under age 18; and 3) ad targeting will be blocked based on age, gender or interests of users under age 18.
Seventy-page guide covers activities, controls, and documentation companies should implement, and has information on how GDPR and other laws align to each other.
Microsoft has confirmed that Reddit has blocked its Bing search engine from crawling content; Reddit seems to have blocked DuckDuckGo too. Reddit content will still appear in Google search results, but then Google has paid Reddit $60 million to allow it to train its AI models on that content. Reddit says the block has nothing to do with the Google deal: okay.