The Apple CEO wants the FTC to set up a data-broker clearinghouse so people can see the data that companies have collected on them.
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Apple privacy portal lets you see everything it knows about you
The Apple website’s privacy and data area lets you download and correct your data.
Facebook pulls its privacy-violating Onavo VPN from Apple’s App Store
Apple last week suggested that Facebook remove its Onavo security app from the App store due to privacy rule violations. On Wednesday, Facebook complied.
How safe is your DNA data?
A group of DNA collection and genealogy websites have agreed on new guidelines for handling sensitive genetic and family data.
Twitter sold user data to Cambridge Analytica’s Aleksandr Kogan
The admission is part of an effort to explain how unlike Facebook Twitter is.
Facebook shines a little light on ‘shadow profiles’
Shadow… what now?
Google and Facebook under fire from Dutch government over citizens’ privacy
Google’s been told to change how it handles personal data on Dutch citizens or face a €15m fine. Facebook’s policies are also under scrutiny. 
Snapchat agrees to settlement with FTC over privacy complaints
Snapchat and the FTC have come to terms in a settlement over the privacy practices of the controversial mobile message service company. Will Snapchat be better at protecting user privacy now that it’s required to be monitored by a privacy auditor for the next 20 years?
Apple admits flaw in email attachment encryption on iPhones and iPads
Apple is under pressure once again to patch a security flaw in iOS 7, after a researcher published his discovery that email attachments are unencrypted on iPhones and iPads. Here’s why this is a big deal, and what you can do to stay protected.