Governments around the world are demanding increasingly larger amounts of user data from search giant Google, according to the company’s latest Transparency Report.
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Apple questioned on Watch privacy by state attorney general
Apple calls the gadget its “most personal device ever”. Attorney General George Jepsen would like to know how Apple’s planning to protect all that data, which will include things as intimate as our heartbeats. 
California passes “landmark bill” to protect students’ personal data
There’s a lot at stake: think student records that cover attendance, grades, discipline, health, academics, intimate details about family members, parent and student contact information, biometrics, and sometimes even a child’s geolocation. 
Apple adds two-step verification for iCloud, effective immediately
Apple has listened, and extended its two-step verification system to iCloud. It’s a great start…but does it go far enough? 
From the Labs: VBA is definitely not dead – in fact, it’s undergoing a resurgence
Our most recent detection statistics show that using Visual Basic code in malicious documents is a trend on the rise. So why have malware authors turned to Visual Basic to do their bidding? 
Apple relents, lets you “depurchase” that U2 album you never bought in the first place
Apple has listened! The company has come up with a free Album Removal Tool that allows you to “unbuy” the U2 album that recently showed up in your iTunes account…
“Shocking” Android browser bug could be a “privacy disaster”: here’s how to fix it
The Metasploit crew is calling this Android Browser bug a “privacy disaster.” Here’s what you can do to avoid trouble…
Just how much information can be squeezed from one week of your metadata?
Thanks to a Dutch man who volunteered to let researchers snoop on his mobile phone, we now have a glimpse of the type of information that can be squeezed from what officials would have us believe is “just” metadata. Toss in a list of exposed passwords hints courtesy of Adobe, and analysts also got access to his accounts. 
Man buys old servers, accuses Ernst & Young of data breach
Mark Morris claims he picked up some old servers for $300 and recently found out they’re full of customer data. Ernst & Young wants the data deleted or just to get the servers back, but Morris says whoa, not so fast – time is money!
Nigerian bank IT worker on the run after $40m cyber heist
A Nigerian IT worker is wanted by police after a major cyber-heist at the bank where he was employed.