Data Analytics, App Developers, and Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse
Facebook has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, the social media giant’s efforts to protect its users’ data questioned. […]
Facebook did not kill privacy, it was already dead
The death of privacy is a chronicle of a death foretold. One of my favourite cartoons is the 1970 Newsweek […]
Article 29 Working Party investigating Facebook-Cambridge Analytica
Reaction and developments generated by last weekend’s revelations that Cambridge Analytica processed and did not delete Facebook user data continue […]
Privacy issues emerge as major business risk for Facebook
Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality […]
UK investigates Facebook over data breach, to raid Cambridge Analytica
Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by […]
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
You shouldn’t have to do this. You shouldn’t have to wade through complicated privacy settings in order to ensure that […]
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 […]
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 […]