News Sep 4th, 2019

YouTube fined $170 million over breaking child data privacy rules

Youtube told to create use and maintain that allows channel users to identify child-directed content

• YouTube
• kids
• Privacy

News May 21st, 2019

Instagram privacy breach sees millions of influencer contact data shared online

Data belonging to millions of accounts has been scraped and collected in a public database

• Instagram
• Privacy
• Security breach

News Mar 1st, 2019

Facebook is nearing completion on a tool that will clear user's history

After promising for over a year that new privacy tools were coming, Facebook is now getting ready to roll out a new feature for its users on the platform.

• Facebook
• data
• Privacy

News Feb 28th, 2019

TikTok slapped with record $5.7 million fine for collecting children's personal data

Largest ever penalty from a US regulator concerning a child privacy case

• data
• kids
• Privacy
• TikTok

News Feb 18th, 2019

Popular apps might be recording your phone screen without you knowing

The report comes from TechCrunch, which states that some iPhone apps gather information and store it elsewhere without your permission.

• Privacy
• report
• mobile

News Jun 8th, 2018

14 million Facebook users hit with new privacy bug

“We’d like to apologise for this mistake”

• Facebook
• Privacy

News May 15th, 2018

Facebook accused of massive new data breach

Data from three million Facebook users was easily accessible online for four years

• Facebook
• data
• Privacy
• Security

News May 3rd, 2018

Cambridge Analytica is closing down after Facebook data scandal

“The siege of media coverage has driven away virtually all of the Company’s customers and suppliers”

• Facebook
• data
• Privacy
• Security
• cambridge analytica

News May 3rd, 2018

Is Facebook using Instagram photos for AI learning yet another data privacy problem?

Billions of your photos are teaching machines how to recognise objects

• Instagram
• Facebook
• data
• Artificial Intelligence
• A.I
• Privacy
• Security

News May 1st, 2018

WhatsApp co-founder quits over Facebook privacy disagreement

Messaging app’s end-to-end encryption could be in danger

• Facebook
• Privacy
• whatsapp

News Mar 29th, 2018

Targeted ads hit as Facebook cuts ties with data brokers

“While this is common industry practice, we believe this step, winding down over the next six months, will help improve people’s privacy”

• Facebook
• advertising
• Privacy