The massive ICEBUCKET scheme has, so far, impersonated more than 2m people in 30+ countries, defrauding more than 300 brands of ad dollars.
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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.
91 “child friendly” Android apps accused of exploitation
New Mexico’s AG filed a lawsuit accusing a popular app maker, plus Google’s and Twitter’s ad platforms, of illegally collecting kids’ data.
High-schoolers’ data put up for sale after being scraped from surveys
Millions of students’ data is being sold after being harvested from college-planning questionnaires or surveys that come with the SAT or PSAT tests.
Facebook: 3 reasons we’re tracking non-users
It’s just how the internet works, Facebook said.
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.
Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
Google’s new ‘My Account’ lets you tweak privacy and security settings
…and gives you a glimpse into just how much the data king knows about you!
Facebook’s new ‘Atlas’ ad platform will follow us around on non-Facebook sites
The ad technology will enable Facebook partners to siphon user data from Facebook’s deep, deep sea and use it to super-target ads at users on and off its website, no matter what wireless or wired device we’re using.