A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google’s YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children’s privacy.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Another company’s been harvesting Facebook user data
Like Cambridge Analytica, Cubeyou also gobbled users’ data with personality quizzes, under the guise of “research.”
5 Facebook facepalms (just last week)
Facebook has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons, and it’s only getting worse.
Washington DC “awash” with fake cell towers
DHS has detected IMSI catchers that track phones and intercept calls
Hooray! Facebook ditches searching for people by phone number or email
The account recovery feature allowed for scraping of any public profile data. Also this: CA actually may have gotten 87m users’ data.
Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 promises to make DNS more secure
On April Fools’ Day Cloudflare launched a new public DNS (Domain Name System) service using the memorable network address 1.1.1.1.
Hand over your social media history before you enter the US
The US Government will request 5 years’ worth of social media details for 14 million visa applicants, if this proposal goes into effect.
Grindr was sharing HIV status of users, but now it’s not
Grindr has found itself with the uncomfortable job of explaining why it has quietly been sharing the HIV status of its users with third parties.
Those Facebook videos you thought were deleted were not deleted
Facebook’s blamed a bug. Let’s wait and see what other critters crawl out of those data archives many of us have been downloading!
Facebook revamps security, privacy settings following huge data scandal
Facebook says it’s going to reach into the 20 or so dusty corners where it’s tucked away privacy and security settings and pull them into a centralized spot for users.