Apple CEO Tim Cook slams Facebook: Privacy ‘is a human right, it’s a civil liberty’
When asked what he would do if he were Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Cook replied: “I wouldn’t be in this […]
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No, Facebook, It’s Not about Security; It’s About Privacy
Finally, Mark Zuckerberg has spoken. The short version of his response? “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and […]
Mozilla Presses Pause on Facebook Advertising
Mozilla is pressing pause on our Facebook advertising. Facebook knows a great deal about their two billion users — perhaps […]
Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed
Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” “subtle language that helps people stay searchable,” and […]
AggregateIQ: the obscure Canadian tech firm and the Brexit data riddle
Documents released last week shed more light on the puzzle of the company’s links to Cambridge Analytica. What Christopher Wylie […]
Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
The harvesting of our personal details goes far beyond what many of us could imagine. So I braced myself and […]
Facebook Introduces Central Page for Privacy and Security Settings
As the social network grapples with the way it handles consumer data, it has unveiled a centralized page for people […]
Facebook to stop allowing data brokers such as Experian to target users
Facebook is shutting down a feature that allowed “data brokers” such as Experian and Oracle to use their own reams […]
Quitting Facebook might be harder than you think
Facebook’s public image has seen better days. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is the latest public relations disaster to befall the […]
When The Choice Is To Delete Facebook Or Buy A Loaf Of Bread
In the last week, there has been a growing debate around Facebook and privacy. On Twitter, the newly formed #deletefacebook […]
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks We’re Idiots
Tanks to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, we’re finding out that Facebook allowed a much broader and deeper prostitution of our […]
What chief data officers can learn from Facebook about better big data security
Here are four tips for improving big data governance strategies in light of the news about Cambridge Analytica’s harvesting of […]