The Facebook Privacy Setting That Doesn’t Do Anything at All
For years, Facebook has left a privacy setting on its site that addresses a problem that no longer exists. But […]
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A Short History of Mark Zuckerberg’s Privacy Gaffes at Facebook
Facebook has been updating its privacy settings for more than a decade. Will this time be different? Maybe these tools […]
How Europe’s ‘breakthrough’ privacy law takes on Facebook and Google
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation is forcing big changes at tech’s biggest firms – even if the US isn’t likely […]
Facebook to start asking permission for facial recognition in GDPR push
Facebook has started to seek explicit consent from users for targeted advertising, storage of sensitive information, and – for the […]
Far more than 87m Facebook users had data compromised
Far more than 87 million people may have had their Facebook data harvested by Cambridge Analytica, according to evidence from […]
Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site
Statement comes as company faces US lawsuit over facial recognition feature launched in 2011 and planned to expand to EU. […]
Democrats plan to push privacy rules after Facebook hearings
House Democrats plan to use this week’s Facebook hearings as the starting point for an aggressive push for privacy legislation, […]
The 11 key considerations in Schrems II, in laymen’s terms
The lengthy Schrems II case decided by the Irish High Court in October 2017 left open which questions would be […]
Cambridge Analytica scandal ‘highlights need for AI regulation’
Britain needs to lead the way on artificial intelligence regulation, in order to prevent companies such as Cambridge Analytica setting […]
EU privacy watchdogs to look into harvesting of data from social media
European Union privacy watchdogs will look deeper into the harvesting of personal data from social networks for economic or political […]
Facebook users aren’t changing their privacy settings, despite uproar
Since the Cambridge Analytica fallout, there have been demands for change, hearings and even a #DeleteFacebook campaign. But it turns […]
Facebook Will No Longer Oppose A Consumer Privacy Measure in California
The tech company spent $200,000 to oppose the measure, but reversed course on Wednesday following CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony […]