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Google today announced a new initiative—called Privacy Sandbox—in an attempt to develop a set of open standards that fundamentally enhances privacy on the web while continuing to support a free, open and democratic Internet through digital advertisemen… Continue reading Google Proposes ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Develop Privacy-Focused Ads
Well, here we have great news for Facebook users, which is otherwise terrible for marketers and publishers whose businesses rely on Facebook advertisement for re-targeted conversations.
Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has taken sev… Continue reading Use This Privacy Tool to View and Clear Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Data
Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges. Continue reading Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?
FaceApp—the AI-powered photo-morphing app that recently gone viral for its age filter but hit the headlines for its controversial privacy policy—has been found collecting the list of your Facebook friends for no reason.
The Russian-made FaceApp has be… Continue reading Viral FaceApp Unnecessarily Requests Access to Users’ Facebook Friends List
The idea of de-identifying data has been around for a while. However, a study published this week asserts that it’s even easier to re-identify information than we first thought. Continue reading You can probably be identified from your anonymized data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today officially confirmed that Facebook has agreed to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine over privacy violations surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Besides the multibillion-dollar penalty, the company h… Continue reading Facebook Agrees to Pay $5 Billion Fine and Setup New Privacy Program for 20 Years
A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved. Continue reading Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole
GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection: it’s always good practice for companies with an online presence to take measures to safeguard people’s data, but now failing to do so can land them in some serious hot water. Now — […] Continue reading OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules
Researchers at web privacy review service vpnMentor discovered the data in an exposed ElasticSearch server online. It contains two billion items of log data from devices sold by Shenzen, China-based smart IoT device manufacturer Orvibo. Continue reading IoT vendor Orvibo gives away treasure trove of user and device data
As promised, Mozilla has finally enabled “Enhanced Tracking Protection” feature on its Firefox browser by default, which from now onwards would automatically block all third-party tracking cookies that allow advertisers and websites to track you across… Continue reading Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default