'Gut punch': Meta bruised in EU data fight
European regulators have laid down one of the biggest challenges so far to the multibillion-dollar business model of Facebook owner Meta, analysts said on Thursday.
Jan 5, 2023
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Proposed health code app sparks anger in China
A Chinese local government's proposal for a post-coronavirus health app that ranks citizens based on their smoking, drinking, exercise and sleep habits has sparked fury online over privacy concerns.
May 26, 2020
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70% of Australians don't feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms
Australian consumers don't understand how companies—including data brokers—track, target and profile them. This is revealed in new research on consumer understanding of privacy terms, released by the non-profit Consumer ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. It promises strengthened safeguards against data collection abuses and ...
Oct 7, 2022
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TikTok fined $15.9M by UK watchdog over misuse of kids' data
Britain's privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty Tuesday for misusing children's data and violating other protections for young users' personal information.
Apr 4, 2023
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Ireland's WhatsApp penalty highlights EU privacy turmoil
Ireland fined WhatsApp for breaching strict European Union privacy rules in a case that has exposed divisions among EU watchdogs over how to regulate its parent company, Meta.
Jan 19, 2023
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Q&A with Lujo Bauer on how the pandemic is affecting individuals' privacy and security
Many Americans have been working remotely for over a month now in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in new paradigms in their own and their employers' cybersecurity and privacy. CyLab's Lujo Bauer, a professor ...
Apr 17, 2020
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Plain language about health data is essential for transparency and trust
Ask any group of people if they have read and understood the last terms and conditions they agreed to, and you'll be lucky if anyone puts up their hand. This is not surprising given the estimate that it would take 76 work ...
Oct 10, 2019
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The private sector steps in to protect online health privacy, but critics say it can't be trusted
Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their use of an app is allowing that company to build a profile of their ...
May 25, 2022
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Threads countdown teases app's potential EU launch
The wait could be over for internet users in the European Union keen to sign up to Threads, an Instagram app.
Dec 11, 2023
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