Is It Possible To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook?
You might be asking this question after revelations that personal data were used by a firm tied to the Trump […]
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Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?
The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And it’s […]
Are Cambridge Analytica’s psychometric insights all that insightful?
Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong? […]
The Guardian view on big tech: a new era needs new rules
Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are too big and too powerful. Regulation has to catch up with the changing character […]
Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, Dr. Kogan and a data protection analysis
Here is my take on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica affair. I have no specialist inside knowledge or information but hopefully the […]
The Facebook scandal isn’t just about privacy. Your economic future is on the line
If data is the new oil, the wells are in the hands of a few billionaires, and we need to […]
Data Analytics, App Developers, and Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse
Facebook has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, the social media giant’s efforts to protect its users’ data questioned. […]
Facebook did not kill privacy, it was already dead
The death of privacy is a chronicle of a death foretold. One of my favourite cartoons is the 1970 Newsweek […]
Article 29 Working Party investigating Facebook-Cambridge Analytica
Reaction and developments generated by last weekend’s revelations that Cambridge Analytica processed and did not delete Facebook user data continue […]
Privacy issues emerge as major business risk for Facebook
Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality […]
UK investigates Facebook over data breach, to raid Cambridge Analytica
Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by […]
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
You shouldn’t have to do this. You shouldn’t have to wade through complicated privacy settings in order to ensure that […]