Apps have been secretly sharing usage data with Facebook, even when users are logged – or don’t have an account at all.
Tag Archives: GDPR
Creeps outed as massage app exposes database with workers’ comments
Popular massage-booking app Urban lets masseurs/masseuses log comments about creepy customers, and left its database wide open.
Google’s “deceitful” location tracking is against the law, say 7 EU groups
Seven European consumer organizations are planning to submit a complaint about Google’s location tracking activities to their data protection authorities.
LinkedIn rapped for targeting ads at 18 million Facebook users
What upset the Data Protection Commissioner: none of the 18 million email addresses were those of LinkedIn users.
WordPress GDPR compliance plugin hacked
There’s no obvious executable payload in the attack but the attackers may be building a collection of websites and biding their time.
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.
Football team drops the privacy ball with email Cc blunder
But at least now you know how to get in touch with people who might have an extra ticket…
Facebook: It’s too tough to find personal data in our huge warehouse
GDPR: it means give users their data when they ask for it, and Facebook’s refusal to do so has provoked an inquiry by the Irish DPC.
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter make leaving easier
The Data Transfer Project will allow users to move their data easily between participating services.
Privacy – can you have too much of a good thing? [PODCAST]
Catch up with Day 4 of our Security SOS Week – here’s the fourth episode of our week-long online security summit.