you give a tech company your personal information in order to use two-factor authentication, and later find out that they were using that security information … Twitter “Unintentionally” Used Your Phone Number for Targeted AdvertisingRead more
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Posted inLatin America / News / Privacy
Data on almost every Ecuadorean citizen leaked
Personal data about almost every Ecuadorean citizen has been found exposed online. Names, financial information and civil data about 17 million people, including 6.7 million … Data on almost every Ecuadorean citizen leakedRead more
Posted inNews / Privacy
Smart TVs are sending your private information back to third parties like Netflix and Facebook
While most people have long suspected that their smart TVs are spying on them, there is now definitive proof. Two new studies have highlighted that … Smart TVs are sending your private information back to third parties like Netflix and FacebookRead more
Posted inFacebook / News / Privacy
Facebook to Pay US $5 Billion Fine Over Privacy Violations
The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Joe Simons Wednesday announced that Facebook has agreed to pay US$5 billion as a penalty for … Facebook to Pay US $5 Billion Fine Over Privacy ViolationsRead more
Posted inInternet / News / Privacy
Kazakhstan government is now intercepting all HTTPS traffic
Starting Wednesday, July 17, 2019, the Kazakhstan government has started intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic inside its borders. Local internet service providers (ISPs) have been … Kazakhstan government is now intercepting all HTTPS trafficRead more
Posted inChildren / Crime / Google / News / Privacy
YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million for Children’s Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to fine Google $150 million to $200 million to settle accusations that its YouTube subsidiary illegally collected personal information … YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million for Children’s Privacy ViolationsRead more
Posted inMultimedia / Privacy / USA Empire
Other people can take our private information
William Black Massachusetts First to Sue Equifax Over Massive Hack An outrageous system in which other people can take our private information
Posted inEurope / Facebook / Privacy / ToMl
The Facebook transatlantic data transfer case explained
The EU’s top court is deciding whether Facebook’s method of transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States sufficiently protects EU citizens’ … The Facebook transatlantic data transfer case explainedRead more
Posted inPolitics / Privacy / Psychology
Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used against us
The era where we were in control of the data on our own computers has been replaced with devices containing sensors we cannot control, storing … Invisible Manipulation: ways our data is being used against usRead more