Tag: Privacy

Twitter Scrapes Data From Your Tweets, Followers, and Clicks to Serve You Personalized Ads… Even With All Personalized Ads Settings Disabled, Says Reddit User
According to a Reddit post, Twitter still scrapes a lot of personalized data from you even with all personalized ads settings disabled. Reddit user...
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Apple CEO: Our Own Information is Being Weaponized Against Us (Full Text of Speech + Video)
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at 2018 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Brussels last night and gave a bold and po...
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Kara Swisher on Tech: A Lot of Their Inventions Are Very Damaging to Society
Should tech companies be hiring Chief Ethics Officers in order to get better at self-examination? That’s the question posed by Kara Swisher, interne...
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We Are Simply a Pawn of The Internet Business Model: Data Collection
The Internet exists to collect your data. We all should realize that everything we do is recorded into huge data sets in order for advertisers to target us better,...
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Microsoft Updates “A Cloud for Global Good” Doc – Hoping to Build a More Trusted and Inclusive cloud
Microsoft today released a 2018 version of "A Cloud for Global Good" this morning. "The beginning of a new year offers an opp...
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Facebook Cancels Racial Targeting For Certain Advertisers
Facebook announced today that it no longer will allow advertisers marketing products and services related to housing, credit or employment to target their ads based on race....
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WhatsApp Begins Sharing Data with Facebook
In a reversal of previous pledges, WhatsApp is going to begin...
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Google Provides ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Update
Google shared some new numbers related to the “right to be forgotten,” ruling, which has led to individuals requesting URL removals from search results. For all the background on t...
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Google’s 65/100 Is The BEST Score on New Digital Rights Survey
How are Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other major tech companies protecting your digital rights? No so well, according to a new study. Google scored a 65 out of 100 in the i...
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Snapchat: We Aren’t Stockpiling Your Private Snaps
Snapchat users had a little bit of a freakout last week when the company...
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Facebook’s ‘Add the Last Link’ Test Is The Most Annoying Thing Ever
Facebook tests new features all the time. Many of them die off, some of them succeed. This one needs to die. Quickly. Some people (a small set of iOS users) are seeing Facebook...
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New Snapchat Terms Should Scare You … If You’re Unfamiliar with Social Media Terms
Snapchat just unveiled a new privacy policy and Terms of Service, and since about 10% of your snaps are dick pics, you're likely concerned. A lot of people are. Here,...
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You Can Now Hide Your Tumblr Blog from the Web
Though many bloggers are looking for more eyes on their content, some might be looking for fewer, if they have a tendency to be the target of abusive trolls. Now, Tumblr is add...
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Facebook Privacy Hoax Is Idiotic, But Privacy Isn’t – Here’s How to Manage Yours
Over the past week, you may have seen a friend or family member post something like this: Now it’s official! It has been published in the media. Facebook has jus...
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Facebook Privacy Hoax Still Making the Rounds, Still Dumb As Ever
Every time one of these Facebook privacy hoaxes starts making the rounds, I don't want to write anything about it. It's like beating a dead horse. But it's not really a dead ho...
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