Facebook says Apple’s new privacy rules could spare its own apps but hit smaller companies
Facebook warned that privacy changes coming from Apple could hurt smaller developers such as gaming companies disproportionately but will likely […]
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. […]
Facebook sues websites that sold Instagram likes and scraped Facebook user data
Social media network Facebook has filed two lawsuits this week against the operators of two websites that abused its platforms […]
Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram’s tracking algorithm
Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can’t be tied to a single person. If […]
Facebook is building more secure Instagram messaging app
Facebook is launching Threads, a new camera-first messaging app from Instagram for keeping up with your close friends in a […]
Irish Data Protection Commission looking at Instagram data scraping
The Irish Data Protection Commission, a key EU data regulator, wants to know whether EU subjects were affected by the […]
Instagram data privacy enabled location tracking of millions of users
Instagram allowed a trusted advertising partner to harvest huge swathes of user data to create detailed files on account holders’ […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
Instagram GDPR Tool Exposes Subscriber Passwords
A warning has been issued by Instagram that a number of users of the social media platform have had their […]
noyb.eu filed complaints against Google, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook
One the first day of GDPR noyb.eu has filed four complaints against Google (Android), Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram over “forced […]
Instagram to let users download everything they have ever shared
Instagram has confirmed it will let users download their personal data, including previously shared photos, videos and messages, as it […]