Category: Data Privacy

Senator Wyden pushes his ‘Mind Your Own Business’ privacy act forward

Post author By Randall
Post date October 17, 2019
Categories In big tech, bill, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Facebook, fcc, federal trade commission, Ftc, gear, Internet, legislation, mind your own business, Politics, Privacy, ron wyden, Security, Tech, tomorrow, Twitter

[ad_1] As The Verge reports, the bill would allow the FTC to set minimum privacy and cybersecurity standards for tech companies, issue fines up to four percent of a company’s annual revenue and make it a crime for senior execs to lie to the agency regarding privacy issues. It would empower state attorneys general to […]

Instagram’s Threads is compelling, but kind of creepy

Post author By Randall
Post date October 4, 2019
Categories In Android, Apple, auto status, Cameras, close friends, Data Privacy, Direct Messages, direct messaging, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Google, Instagram, instagram threads, Internet, ios, location, Mobile, Privacy, services, snap, snapchat, social, Social Media, status, Tech, threads

[ad_1] On the surface, Threads is essentially an extension of Instagram’s Close Friends feature for Stories, which was introduced in 2018. Close Friends, in case you’re not familiar with it, lets you share pictures, videos and message only with groups of people you’ve carefully selected. In fact, if you haven’t created a Close Friends list […]

Facebook suspends tens of thousands of data-scraping apps

Post author By Randall
Post date September 20, 2019
Categories In app, cambridge analytica, canceled, Data Privacy, developers, Facebook, Ftc, gear, Internet, investigation, mypersonality, Security, suspended, Tech, user data

[ad_1] Some of those apps were suspended for inappropriately sharing data, making data available without protecting users’ identities or violating other Facebook policies. They include apps like myPersonality, the previously suspended app used by Cambridge Analytica. But not all of the suspended apps posed an active threat to users. Many were not live, and in […]

Twitter may have shared your data without permission

Post author By Randall
Post date August 7, 2019
Categories In ads, advertisers, data, Data Privacy, device, gear, Internet, mobile app, Security, shared, Tech, Twitter, user data

[ad_1] We recently discovered and fixed issues related to your settings choices for the way we deliver personalized ads, and when we share certain data with trusted measurement and advertising partners. We want to share more context around this with you: https://t.co/jDn5zeWVwU — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 6, 2019 In a blog post, Twitter explained […]

Facebook reaches $5 billion FTC settlement

Post author By Randall
Post date July 12, 2019
Categories In business, data, Data Privacy, Entertainment, Facebook, federal trade commission, Ftc, gear, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Politics, Privacy, Security, services, settlement, Tech, zuckerberg

[ad_1] The inevitable has happened for Facebook. After weeks of reports that the company was working to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its privacy practices, the two parties have finally come to an agreement. The Wall Street Journal reports that commissioners voted to approve a $5 billion settlement — something Facebook had […]

UK university will study students’ social media data to prevent suicide

Post author By Randall
Post date June 6, 2019
Categories In data, Data Privacy, flag, gear, Internet, monitor, northumbria university, office for students, opt-in, Security, Social Media, suicide, suicide prevention, Tech, tomorrow, Uk, university

[ad_1] According to a press release, the university already looks at data like grade patterns, lecture attendance and library use to flag potential mental health issues. Now, funding provided by the Office for Students will allow researchers to develop more data points. Given that most students likely use social media more than the library, the […]

Experts weigh in on Apple’s private sign-in feature

Post author By Randall
Post date June 4, 2019
Categories In Apple, business, catalina, data, Data Privacy, Facebook, facebook login, gear, Google, Internet, ios 13, login, login with facebook, macos catalina, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, Privacy, Security, services, sign in with apple, Tech, wwdc, wwdc2019

[ad_1] On the potential of Sign in with Apple Ray Walsh, data privacy expert at ProPrivacy.com: “The concept of being able to sign in without using a real email address is a step in the right direction for consumers. Being able to sign in without sharing a real email address removes one crucial bit of […]

Facebook only cares about privacy because it has to

Post author By Randall
Post date March 7, 2019
Categories In asus, business, Data Privacy, encrypted, encryption, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Messaging, opinion, Privacy, services, social, Social Media, social network, Tech, whatsapp, zuckerberg
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[ad_1] That’s great and all, but why is Facebook suddenly interested in taking this approach? After all, the company has built its entire business model around people sharing things publicly. While Zuckerberg has been hinting at this new strategy in recent earnings calls, it’s now clear that it’s no longer just an idea. It will […]

Los Angeles is fighting for e-scooter data

Post author By Randall
Post date March 7, 2019
Categories In business, data, Data Privacy, gear, jump, ladot, location data, los angeles, Scooter, Security, Tech, transit, Transportation, Uber
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[ad_1] At the moment, it looks like a stalemate. LA city officials claim the data would provide insight into scooters as a growing means of transit, let the city see if scooters end up in the LA River and help ensure scooters are available to lower-income residents. Reportedly, the data would not be shared with […]