Privacy
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Companies
Facebook could see a substantial fine from the FTC
Last March, we learned that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to access personal information of 87 million users, the social media…
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Politics
New act approved by Congress grants open access to US government data
While we have all eyes on the government shutdown situation, Congress has passed a bill that will make it easier…
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Internet
Facebook has increased account deletion grace period to 30 days
Facebook really doesn’t want you to permanently delete you account with them. The company is now going to give you…
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Internet
Facebook users will be able to see which sites are tracking them
Kicking things off in the F8 conference, Facebook is answering everyone’s question: What is the platform doing to address concerns…
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Internet
Chinese authorities are able to read deleted WeChat messages
In some new boastful claims by the Chinese authorities, anti-corruption watchdog in Hefei claims that a division in a nearby…
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Politics
Senate bill would require companies to have clearly worded terms regarding online data
Introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Kennedy (R-LA), a new Senate bill will be aiming at protecting consumers’…
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Mobile
WhatsApp to comply with EU regulations by requiring users to be at least 16 years old
Soon, Europe’s GDPR privacy standards will launch. Several companies have already announced changes that will affect European users, and you…
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Tech
Cambridge Analytica was interested in jumping on the crypto bandwagon
Before Cambridge Analytica came on the radar after improperly obtaining data of millions of Facebook users, the firm was reportedly…
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Internet
Facebook will exclude 1.5 billion users from GDPR privacy protections
Europe’s GDPR privacy protections are set to go into effect on May 25th and we’ve gotten indication from Facebook that…
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Security
Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO will no longer testify in UK
Cambridge Analytica’s ex-CEO, Alexander Nix, has refused to testify before the U.K. Parliament’s media committee. Committee Chairman Damian Collins announced…
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Security
Cambridge Analytica may have used other quizzes to collect Facebook data
In a testimony today with a UK committee investigating the misuse of Facebook users’ personal data, Brittany Kaiser, a former…
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Internet
France creating secure chat app to keep officials’ data within the country
Following Russian’s ban, Telegram will soon be losing more customers. In this case, the French government is testing an encrypted…
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Services
Starting tomorrow, you can sign up for Bumble without a Facebook account
In the wake of the whole Cambridge Analytica situation and Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony, the dating app Bumble is bringing…
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Mobile
Meet the Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro, the smartphone that can’t connect to the internet
If you’re hoping for a smartphone that won’t connect to the internet and not rack up a big mobile data…
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Transportation
Uber has agreed to expand settlement with FTC over 2016 data breach
Uber previously settled with the FTC over allegations that it didn’t protect it’s custoners’ data back in 2014. Now only…
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Internet
Facebook no longer opposing California privacy law
Facebook is apparently no longer opposing a proposed California ballot measure that’s designed to protect the privacy of citizen’s in…
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Business
Mark Zuckerberg to testify at joint Senate hearing on April 10th
Not only does the US government want answers, the UK Parliament has asked Mark Zuckerberg to appear before its committee…
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Security
Panera Bread apparently left millions of customer records exposed online
You can add Panera Bread to the list of companies that have left customer data exposed. Thanks to security researcher…
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Internet
Facebook has promised to delete unpublished videos it previously kept
Facebook has been secretly keeping videos you’ve recorded but never published, the company is now promising to completely delete them.…
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Security
Privacy groups are asking tech companies to sign user data ‘security pledge’
After the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data sharing that occurred where thousands of people were affected, a number of organizations including Color…
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