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The settlement in a case over the social network’s Tag Suggestions feature is the latest financial blow the company has taken over its handling of user privacy. Continue reading Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Class Action Case Over Facial Recognition
Russian intelligence wants to take a closer look at your Tinder photos and conversations. After Tinder and 175 other companies agreed to comply with Russian legislation asking companies to store data on Russian servers for six months, the Russian gover… Continue reading Russia Wants Access to Tinder Photos and Conversations
A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner’s Office could do under the old Data Protection Act. Continue reading Facebook fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica saga
Tim Cook’s warnings about an “industrial data complex” have been met with accusations of hypocrisy from Facebook’s former security supremo. Continue reading Former Facebook security chief calls out Apple for privacy hypocrisy
Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing them of secretly tracking user locations. Continue reading Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations
Regretful WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton has joined the ranks of the Silicon Valley mea-culpa-rati. Continue reading WhatsApp cofounder: “I sold my users’ privacy”
A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, lack of user privacy, man-in-the-attack, dumb privacy rules and Intel CPUs vulnerabilities made the headlines. In addition, we discussed how to get smarter about securing smart technologies. Be su… Continue reading Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 13-17
Data threats come from three general fronts: individuals sharing too much information, data breaches and corporations selling increasingly granular customer data. Security professionals frequently sound warnings for the first two. The last one is rare… Continue reading Lack of User Privacy Threatens Security Defenses
“Every piece of content that you share on Facebook you own. You have complete control over who sees it and how you share it,” said Mark Zuckerberg in front of Congress a couple of months ago. But his company may not be taking privacy protec… Continue reading Facebook exposed users’ personal data in data-sharing partnership
GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation) is on its way, replacing the EU’s 1995 Data Protection Directive, and it is going to change the world of personal information for good. Exactly what will change and how are enterprises handling our data…Re… Continue reading How Will GDPR Change Privacy in Europe and Globally?