privacy

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was named personally in a Washington lawsuit Monday alleging he played a direct role in decisions that set the stage for the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The US capital’s attorney general argues…
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Lily James is worried the rise of social media means there is "no such thing" as privacy anymore. The British actress transforms into Pamela Anderson for the upcoming Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, with the show delving into the…
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Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting facial fingerprint data for one billion users, in response to privacy concerns. The social media giant's announcement came at a time when…
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Twitter Inc. on Tuesday reported quarterly results that avoided the brunt of Apple Inc. privacy changes on advertising that hobbled its rivals, sending its shares up 3 percent. The social networking site has been working to add new…
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Snapchat’s corporate parent, Snap Inc., revealed during its third-quarter earnings call that its ad sales were being hit by a privacy crackdown rolled out on Apple’s iPhones earlier this year. The disclosure raised investor fears that…
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TikTok’s lead data privacy regulator in the European Union has opened two inquiries into the Chinese-owned short-video platform related to the processing of children’s personal data and transfers of personal data to China. Ireland’s Data…
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A global press report revealed that a state of panic has spread recently due to some newly apparent problems in the privacy policies of the encrypted messaging application “WhatsApp”. The report, published on the specialized technical…
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WhatsApp has revealed the updates to rework the privacy feature that was introduced several years ago by the company. WhatsApp is working on reworking the privacy settings for both the “Android” and “iOS” systems on smartphones,…
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Facebook on Friday began rolling out encryption for voice or video calls made through its Messenger texting app, ratcheting up privacy for users. The move comes as the sanctity of data on smartphones becomes an increasingly sensitive…
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Zoom, the videoconferencing firm, has agreed to settle a class-action US privacy lawsuit for $85 million, it said Sunday. The suit charged that Zoom’s sharing of users’ personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn was a breach of…
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