privacy

Facebook To Create Privacy Committee As Part Of FTC Settlement

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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