Facebook: upload your nudes to stop revenge porn
Facebook wants you to stop worrying about your nudes being shared without your consent like that. It wants you to […]
Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data […]
Facebook Risks EU-Wide Privacy Fights After Setback at Top Court
Facebook could be in the firing line of data privacy regulators across the European Union if the bloc’s top court […]
Facebook Is Watching You, Belgian Privacy Agency Warns in Court
Belgium’s data privacy watchdog accuses Facebook of Big Brother-style snooping on internet users. The regulator sought a court order on Thursday […]
Facebook can unlock your account with facial recognition
Facebook has its own version of Apple’s Face ID. If you get locked out of your Facebook account, the company […]
Social media terms ‘jargon-busted’ for teens
Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield simplified the Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and YouTube websites’ terms and conditions with privacy law firm […]
Data-driven innovation is possible without infringing on privacy
For a start, complicated privacy policies must make way for a better design that helps people understand the choices and […]
How the GDPR will disrupt Google and Facebook
Google and Facebook will be unable to use the personal data they hold for advertising purposes without user permission. This […]
A top EU official is pressing Apple, Facebook, on privacy and hate speech
One of the European Union’s leading regulators is making a house call to Silicon Valley this week. Her agenda: A […]
Spanish DPA’s decision fining Facebook “first to go into detail of massive scale processing”
14 September 2017 The Spanish data protection authority (‘AEPD’) announced, on 11 September 2017, that it had issued a decision […]
Here’s Why Facebook Got a $1.4 Million Privacy Fine in Spain
Facebook made three serious or very serious privacy violations under Spanish law, the country’s regulator said as it fined the […]
Mom fights tech giants for access to deceased son’s accounts
An Ottawa mother with no legal training is hauling billion-dollar tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Bell into court to […]