privacy

Facebook To Create Privacy Committee As Part Of FTC Settlement
Facebook To Create Privacy Committee As Part Of FTC Settlement
May 02, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is in discussions with the Federal Trade Commission over a settlement that would include appointing privacy-focused executives in the C-suite. Get the Full Story...

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NSA Report: Warrantless Data Searches On The Rise   
NSA Report: Warrantless Data Searches On The Rise  
May 01, 2019  |  Data

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s latest report on data searches – the kind tied to law enforcement activities – has found that...

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Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
April 30, 2019  |  Regulation

Lobbying groups and trade associations representing tech giants such as Facebook and Apple have thrown their support towards legislation that could weaken California’s landmark privacy...

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Critics Allege Facebook’s Offering To Study Its Ad Platform Is Narrow And Unaccommodating
Critics Allege Facebook’s Offering To Study Its Ad Platform Is Narrow And Unaccommodating
April 29, 2019  |  Facebook

Independent researchers are calling Facebook’s efforts to provide them with tools to study the way political disinformation flows through its ad platform half-hearted and narrow....

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Facebook Plans Social Shopping Platform
Facebook Plans Social Shopping Platform
April 29, 2019  |  Facebook

After a series of scandals involving privacy violations, allegations of fake news and the discovery that its employees had access to millions of passwords, Facebook...

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Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
April 24, 2019  |  Facebook

More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and...

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Facebook Admits To Uploading 1.5M User Contacts
Facebook Admits To Uploading 1.5M User Contacts
April 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Social media giant Facebook has admitted that it might have “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May of 2016, according...

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Next Steps In Payments And Privacy
Next Steps In Payments And Privacy
April 17, 2019  |  Today In Data

As the Internet of Things expands, new questions are emerging about consumer privacy. New thinking, meanwhile, is evolving around the use of credit card rewards....

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The Cybersecurity Threat Of GDPR
The Cybersecurity Threat Of GDPR
April 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represented a new phase in data security and EU regulators’ approach to it. Designed to safeguard consumers with greater...

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