August 30, 2022 Instagram has stated that when a post is made, the exact location of the user is not shared with others, contrary to popular belief. The company made the statement after claims surfaced that the "precise more...
August 30, 2022 According to Evan Greer, director of the non-profit advocacy group Fight for the Future, Amazon is more of a surveillance company than an online marketplace, because it monitors both consumers and employees with AI cameras. more...
August 29, 2022 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to investigate mobile carriers' compliance with rules requiring them to explain to consumers how they use and share their location data. Telecommunication companies and social media platforms more...
August 26, 2022 LastPass, a major password management provider, has acknowledged some of its source code was recently stolen after one of its developer accounts was hacked. Some proprietary information was also stolen, the company said Thursday. “After more...
August 26, 2022 The American Data and Privacy Protection Act will give users more control over their data, which has long been largely used by technology companies without consent. The bill has already passed the U.S. House of more...
August 24, 2022 Meta, the parent company of Facebook,, has agreed to pay US$37.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the social media platform violated users’ privacy by tracking their movements without permission. According to the Reuters news more...
August 24, 2022 The U.S. healthcare provider Novant Health has confirmed a data breach in which information from 1,362,296 people leaked. The incident was caused by a misconfigured Meta pixel on the Novant Health website and the 'MyChart' portal, more...
August 22, 2022 Accenture, a company that oversees teams of Facebook moderators and other contractors, told workers that their work for Facebook would "soon be taken away." While the reason for the cuts remains unclear, workers were informed more...
August 22, 2022 A new investigation by a former Google engineer has revealed that Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, rewrites websites that its users visit. Meta was able to achieve this thanks to its "in-app more...
August 19, 2022 According to data collected by Kaspersky's Privacy Checker website, 85% of Android users are interested in understanding how to set up privacy settings on their device. 22% of this year's requests (apps) are related to Google more...
