Collaborate Disseminate
The Amazon-owned video doorbell uses third-party trackers to serve up rich data to marketers without meaningfully notifying users. Continue reading Ring Doorbell App for Android Caught Sharing User Data with Facebook, Data-Miners
Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing. Continue reading China and US top user data requests in Apple transparency report
Facebook will (finally!) explicitly tell users who use Facebook Login to log into third-party apps what information those apps are harvesting from their FB account. At the same time, users will be able to react quickly if someone managed to compromise … Continue reading Facebook users will be notified when their credentials are used for third-party app logins
E-commerce sales are projected to climb to 10% of all retail revenue for the first time by the end of 2018, with consumers expected to spend a staggering $124.1 billion over the internet during the holiday season. With so much at stake, businesses need… Continue reading 5 Ways to Enhance Customer Experience in E-commerce
When it comes to encryption, we are having another Groundhog Day. The U.S., UK and Australian governments are pressuring Facebook to stop its plans to include “end to end” encryption, which would enhance the privacy and security of the social media pl… Continue reading U.S. AG Wants Legal Back Door to All Facebook Postings (and Everything Else)
Many organizations’ privacy statements fail to meet common privacy principles outlined in GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, including the user’s right to request information, to understand how their data is being shared with third parties and the ability… Continue reading Organizations continue to struggle with privacy regulations
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories. Continue reading Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories
Some user data, such as country and device type, was exposed to some advertisers for over a year. Continue reading Twitter may have shared your data with its ad partners without your permission
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
Study finds Android apps circumvented privacy opt-in rules and collected sensitive user information against user permission. Continue reading 1,300 Popular Android Apps Access Data Without Proper Permissions