A new Meta privacy policy comes soon for the company’s platforms. Users would receive notifications of these updates, designed to make it easier to understand how the company uses their information. Many regulators and campaigners criticised Meta over its use of…
Users should get more control over personal data, as Google started rolling out its new data safety section on the Play Store. This requires developers to inform users about the collection of data, the access to it and mention the collected data.
Control over personal…
The technology that allows Facebook facial recognition violated state privacy protection. This is what Texas attorney general’s office said and sued Meta’s Facebook.
According
to the office, the giant’s technology violated state privacy
protections.
Europe’s top adviser says that consumer groups should have the right to act against Facebook for violating consumer privacy. The issue started in 2012 and is one of several that has the social media giant in trouble. European regulators have been trying to curtail the…
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system. This happens because of the growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.
Thus, in a recent blog post, Jerome Pesenti mentioned that the decision comes “amid this ongoing uncertainty.” The vice…
Identity theft will have one more serious "enemy" in the U.S.A.
September 15, 2021
An
identity theft bureau which will work on improving data security and
privacy will start working soon in the United States. The US House of
Energy and Commerce Committee voted recently to provide the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion.
The money come in…
Based on the EU privacy laws, Ireland placed a 225-million-euro fine on Facebook’s messaging service WhatsApp due to privacy breaches. This happens after the European Union demanded the penalty be increased. So, Ireland agreed, as privacy breaches should not go…
The authorities in Brazil force WhatsApp to change its privacy rules. Thus, Facebook should adjust its policy with the rules already in place in the European Union.
WhatsApp commits to change privacy rules
The National Data Protection Authority (NDPA)
wants to…
Zoom, which lets people make video meetings, agreed to a $85 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed that Zoom violated user privacy by collecting and sharing data with third-party software integrations.
Nevertheless, the preliminary…
An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations demanded a ban on surveillance advertising.
The objection to targeted advertising is that it can be invasive and intrusive. Using collected data, marketers, advertisers, or…
