How Facebook Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps
If you quit Facebook or never joined because of its data collecting practices the odds are good the social network […]
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We’re all Just Starting to Realize the Power of Personal Data
American corporations are expected to have spent over $19 billion this year acquiring and analyzing consumer data from names and […]
New FPF Study Documents More Than 150 European Companies Participating in the EU-US Data Transfer Mechanism
Week ago the European Commission published its second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, finding that “the U.S. continues […]
How one hacked laptop led to an entire network being compromised
A corporate laptop being used in a coffee shop at a weekend was enough to allow a sophisticated cybercrime group […]
US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action
The European Commission’s second annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement made similar noises to last year’s, concluding the deal […]
Here’s what Facebook knows about you
Facebook’s data collection, and the sharing of it with other firms, continues to be a source of controversy. A new […]
Facebook tries to explain why companies could erase your messages
“In the past day, we’ve been accused of disclosing people’s private messages to partners without their knowledge,” Ime Archibong, Facebook’s […]
Facebook let companies read and delete your private messages
“We don’t sell data to anyone,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in April. What he didn’t mention is that […]
Cybersecurity in 2019
While you prepare your defenses against the next big thing, also pay attention to the longstanding threats that the industry […]
5 Ways Facebook Shared Your Data
Facebook for years gave major tech companies, including Yahoo and Netflix, greater access to people’s data than it disclosed, a […]
Facebook Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica
The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing the political consulting firm […]
Irish Court Finds Data Retention Law Violates Human Rights
The Irish High Court has ruled that Ireland’s retention of telephone data violates European Law and the European Convention on […]