/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10801/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:09:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261899 at /newsroom /newsroom/allen-mendelsohn Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:41:55 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253346 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-cyber-security-289924 <p>Organized crime is moving online and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is struggling to keep up, according to a briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki when she took over the top job earlier this year. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lucki-briefing-binde-cybercrime-1.4831340">CBC</a></p> <p><a href="http://allenmendelsohn.com/mcgill/">Allen Mendelsohn</a> – Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Law, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University</p> <p>Allen Mendelsohn is a Montreal lawyer specializing in internet law. He teaches The Internet and Privacy course at the Faculty of Law.</p> Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:56:11 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 84845 at /newsroom