Collaborate Disseminate
The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more. Continue reading GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook
Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018. Continue reading Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules
According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising. Continue reading Facebook flags thousands of kids as interested in gambling, booze
Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.
Continue reading YouTube’s antics with kids’ data prompts call for FTC to force change
…or that they can edit the (often inaccurate) pigeon-holes Facebook likes to put us in, a study found. Continue reading Did you know you can see the ad boxes Facebook sorts us into?
Data brokers are tracking 200 million mobile devices in the US, updating locations up to 14,000 times a day, the New York Times has found. Continue reading Phones are selling location data from “trusted” apps
Apple’s working to keep iPhones from eavesdropping on us, through privacy policies, short buffer windows, local storage, and app review. Continue reading Siri is listening to you, but she’s NOT spying, says Apple
Millions of students’ data is being sold after being harvested from college-planning questionnaires or surveys that come with the SAT or PSAT tests. Continue reading High-schoolers’ data put up for sale after being scraped from surveys
It’s just how the internet works, Facebook said. Continue reading Facebook: 3 reasons we’re tracking non-users
Like Cambridge Analytica, Cubeyou also gobbled users’ data with personality quizzes, under the guise of “research.” Continue reading Another company’s been harvesting Facebook user data