Instagram Faces Lawsuit Over Illegal Harvesting Of Biometrics
Facebook is facing allegations it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets Instagram. […]
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Multiple Retailers Sued Under CCPA for Sharing Data Used to Identify Fraudulent Returns
Earlier this year, The Retail Equation, a loss prevention service provider, and Sephora were hit with a class action lawsuit […]
TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps create privacy pitfalls around the world
Contact tracing apps have the power to amass personal data that reveals your movements, activities and relationships. The potential harm […]
Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with U.S. Authorities
Recently hacked police documents reveal the nature of the company’s relationship to law enforcement — not in China but in […]
Citizens Are Increasingly Worried About How Companies Use Their Data
With data privacy important to almost every American, more than two-thirds of those surveyed say they don’t trust companies to […]
Most consumers do not trust big tech with their privacy
Social media and online shopping sites top the list of services consumers feel do not adequately protect their personal information. […]
Australia sues Google over merging DoubleClick data to create single user profiles
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has hauled Google into the nation’s Federal Court for misleading local users “… […]
Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests
Facebook is suing EU antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details, for their investigations […]
Uber Drivers Sue to Gain Access to its Secret Algorithms
Uber’s power lies In information asymmetry. This EU court case could help end it. Four United Kingdom Uber drivers launched […]
EU citizens raise concerns about online data misuse
More than one in two citizens of the European Union are concerned about the misuse of their online data by […]
Academic Project Used Marketing Data to Monitor Russian Military Sites
Cellphone location data purchased from marketers enabled researchers at Mississippi State to track the movements of Russian generals. The data […]