Privacy Goes Global: An Interview With Tim Harty
In the United States, we’ve been talking about privacy for at least a century. In December 1890, the Harvard Law […]
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Fragmented U.S. Privacy Rules Leave Large Data Loopholes for Facebook and Others
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony will discussways to keep people’s online data private, which I’m interested in as a […]
Consumer groups file FTC complaint against YouTube for collecting kids’ personal data without parental consent
A coalition of 23 consumer groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission charging YouTube with violating the Children’s […]
More than 600 apps had access to my iPhone data
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users’ data – trying to mend its damaged reputation […]
Ransomware reigns supreme in 2018, as phishing attacks continue to trick employees
Ransomware was the cause of 39% of malware-related data breaches, more than double that of last year, according to Verizon’s […]
The U.S. CLOUD Act and the EU: A Privacy Protection Race to the Bottom
Between the U.S. CLOUD Act and new European Union (EU) efforts to dismantle international rules for cross-border law enforcement investigations, […]
Fact Check: What Mark Zuckerberg Said About Facebook, Privacy and Russia
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, is testifying before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday to answer questions about the social network’s […]
How Mark Zuckerberg Blamed Facebook’s Problems On Openness
Facebook’s first reactions to the Cambridge Analytical headlines looked very different from the now contrite promises Mark Zuckerberg made to […]
How to check whether Facebook shared your data with Cambridge Analytica
Facebook has started the process of notifying the approximately 87 million users whose data was harvested by the election consultancy […]
GDPR no excuse for not meeting AML duties
Gambling operators will be able to meet their licensing obligations on problem gambling and anti-money laundering (AML) without breaching the […]
Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Messages
Facebook has said that political data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly harvested the public profile data of up to 87 million […]
Is It Time for an Data Sharing Clearinghouse for Internet Researchers?
Today’s Senate hearing with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will start a long discussion on data collection and privacy from Internet companies. […]