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BMW fixes security flaw in its in-car software

January 30, 2015 admin bmw, brussels, cars-equipped, impede-the-car, luxury-carmaker, other-services, problem, said-officials, said-on-friday, services, software-using

German luxury carmaker BMW has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to unlock the doors of up to 2.2 million Rolls-Royce, Mini and BMW vehicles, it said on Friday. BMW said officials at German motorist association ADAC had identified the problem, which affected cars equipped with the company's ConnectedDrive software using on-board SIM cards — the chips used to identify authorized users of mobile devices. BMW drivers can use the software and SIM cards to activate door locking mechanisms, as well as a range of other services including real-time traffic information, online entertainment and air conditioning.

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Google to change privacy policy after investigation by UK data watchdog

January 30, 2015 admin better-inform, bmw, brussels, further-steps, handles-their, luxury-carmaker, office, other-services, personal, photo, said-on-friday, services, software-using, steps

Search engine Google has agreed to better inform users about how it handles their personal information after an investigation by Britain's data protection regulator found its privacy policy was too vague. The Information Commissioner's Office said in a statement that it required Google to sign a “formal undertaking” that it would make the changes by June 30 and take further steps in the next two years. The ICO investigation stems from a privacy policy implemented by Google in March 2012 that consolidated some 70 existing privacy policies into one and pooled data collected on individual users across its services, including YouTube, Gmail and its social network Google+.