European consumers organisations launching collective GDPR actions
In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, four European Consumers Organisations launched on 30 May 2018 to coordinate collective […]
Many US Facebook users have changed privacy settings or taken a break
Just over half of Facebook users ages 18 and older (54%) say they have adjusted their privacy settings in the […]
Should People Sell Their Data?
“If privacy is truly a thing of the past, then people should at least profit off their own personal information.” […]
Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism
Google and Facebook are easy scapegoats, but companies have been collecting, selling, and reusing your personal data for decades, and […]
Irish DPA investigates Facebook’s refusal of Subject Access Request
When Facebook refuses Subject Access Request from one of its users, the alarm bells start to ring. Particularly when this […]
How Facebook’s Scandal Impacted Privacy Regulation
Facebookâs data harvesting scandal rocked the privacy world earlier this year, in part because the incident occurred at a time […]
More than 4 million Facebook user data may be leaked
Facebook has banned another app over fears that data related to four million people may have been misused. Banned app […]
U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger
The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement […]
Google Chrome flaw puts privacy at risk
A security vulnerability in Google Chrome and all browsers that run the Blink browser engine could enable malicious actors to […]
India launches investigation on Facebook data breach
CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for alleged illegal personal data harvesting of […]
Facebook wants users’ private banking and financial data
Facebook says banks and credit-card companies have shown interest in partnerships that would boost the sharing of users’ account balances, […]
Facebook sued over Brexit campaign data breach
Campaign group Fair Vote U.K. announced Saturday that it is preparing a lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of users whose […]