FTC investigating whether Facebook violated 2011 consent decree
The news involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica continues to rapidly evolve since reports came out last weekend exposing the improper […]
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Commonwealth Games wifi service will mine visitors’ Facebook data
The Gold Coast council will use a new city wifi service to harvest Facebook data from visitors to next month’s […]
How Facebook’s Data Sharing Went From Feature to Bug
Sure, third-party Facebook apps collected data about users’ lives. But they seemed convenient and harmless, and, really, what could go […]
What privacy pros can learn from the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica revelations
Data lifecycle practices have appeared as standard issues on third-party risk-management checklists for years, particularly in regard to privacy and […]
Facebook’s rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica
Facebook last week suspended the Trump campaign’s data consultant, Cambridge Analytica, for scraping the data of potentially millions of users […]
The Cambridge Analytica exposé shows the UK needs better data protection
The Observer’s remarkable exposé of Cambridge Analytica must now bring down the curtain on the permissive environment for online electoral […]
Cambridge Analytica and the Dangers of Facebook Data-Harvesting
On Friday night, Facebook suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica, the political-data company backed by the billionaire Robert Mercer that […]
50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook […]
We still have no idea what really happens on Facebook
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute and Northeastern University may have figured out how to beat ad […]
WhatsApp will not share user data with Facebook until it complies with GDPR
Facebook, its popular messaging app WhatsApp, and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have reached a truce in their long-running […]
WhatsApp sharing user data with Facebook would be illegal, rules ICO
The UK’s data protection watchdog has concluded that WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with its parent company Facebook would have […]
Brussels court: Facebook must play by the Belgian privacy and cookie rules
In a judgement of Feb. 16, the Court of First Instance of Brussels has convicted Facebook for non-compliance with the […]