Who"s tracking you? Facebook users to get more control over data
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was tweaking its policies to allow users to see and control the data that the social network gathers from their browsing habits on other websites and apps......»»
Facebook"s Nick Clegg: The idea that Europe should ban companies from collecting users" personal data is a serious miscalculation
In a response to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner, Facebook's Nick Clegg says it's wrong to say tech giants use personal data for n.....»»
Tim Cook took a swipe at Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg accused Apple of misleading users
"Technology does not need vast troves of personal data, stitched together across dozens of websites and apps, in.....»»
A Telegram bot is selling the phone numbers of 533 million Facebook users due to a 2019 fault in the network
A Telegram bot is selling the phone numbers of 533 million Facebook users. This data was revealed from a social network vulnerability that was patched in 2019. Someone has managed to access a database with phone numbers of Faceboo.....»»
WhatsApp"s new T&Cs didn"t really change anything about sharing your data with Facebook, but you should still use Signal if you care about privacy
WhatsApp was already sharing your data with Facebook - where it went wrong was by giving users an ult.....»»
India is reportedly asking WhatsApp to reverse a controversial change to its privacy policy that critics said would have shared personal user data with Facebook
India, WhatsApp's biggest market, holds more than 400 million of the app's 2 billion users, per Reuters. Indian Prime Minister Narendra M.....»»
Signal is now top of both Google and Apple"s app stores. Downloads skyrocketed 4,200% after WhatsApp announced it would force users to share personal data with Facebook.
Signal topped Apple and Google's app stores and saw 7.5 million downloads in the five days following WhatsApp's announcement about data-sharing. Mark Zu.....»»
The Technology 202: Facebook starts letting American users move their photos to Google
The tool is a milestone in the company’s push for data portability to allow users to move their data......»»
Facebook, Google, and Apple are using data from millions of users to map COVID-19 and people"s movements. Here are all the coronavirus maps and dashboards made by tech giants you can explore today.
Apple Apple, Google, and Facebook are collecting data on people's movement from smartphone apps and using it to show where people have reduced their mobility or .....»»
Zoom is giving paid users more control over where their calls are routed, after it got slammed for "mistakenly" using data centers in China (ZM)
Carlo Allegri/AP Zoom recently admitted that some video calls via its app were "mistakenly.....»»
Facebook must face renewed privacy lawsuit over user tracking
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc of violating users' privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website......»»
Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
On April 2, the day that coronavirus infections around the globe hit 1 million, managers inside JPMorgan Chase & Co. were emailing their latest plans for staffing New York-area trading floors amid... To view the full story, click the title link......»»
Mark Zuckerberg denied a report that Facebook is considering sharing smartphone location data with the US government to help track the coronavirus (FB)
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook isn't looking to share users' location data with the US government to help it track the coronavirus. On Tuesday, The Wash.....»»
Will Intuit and Credit Karma be the Facebook of fintech, or just MySpace?
The Mountain View software giant is set to own around 2,600 data points on each of Credit Karma's 100 million users. How will it use that data?.....»»
Exclusive: Google users in UK to lose EU data protection - sources
Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, sources said......»»
Facebook reaches $550 million settlement in facial recognition lawsuit
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it reached a $550 million settlement in principle related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent......»»
Ring app shares your personal data with Facebook and others, report finds
The high-tech doorbell maker's app is rife with unlisted third-party trackers that collect data from users' device.....»»
Facebook Refuses To Limit Political Ads But Gives Users More Control Over Them
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is sticking to its policy of allowing all political ads to appear on its platform, without any fact-checking, according t 0 read more.....»»
Facebook to give users some control on political ads
Facebook said Thursday it'll give users the option to see fewer political and social issue ads. As Fred Katayama reports, the moves come ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November......»»
Facebook to keep targeted political ads, but will give users more control
See the rest of the story here. Theflyonthewall.com provides the latest financial news as it breaks. Known as a leader in market intelligence, The Fl.....»»
Facebook won’t limit political ad targeting or stop false claims under new ad rules
Facebook has defied public calls to adopt significant limits on political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election, opting instead to introduce changes that allow users to control more of the ads they see......»»