CCleaner provokes fury over Active Monitoring, user data collection privacy Article 751 words 28 votes
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Tens of thousands of Australians who have given DNA samples to sites such as Ancestry.com could have their genetic data examined by police without their knowledge privacy Article 653 words 12 votes
Facebook chats from planning session of Unite The Right 2 have been leaked social media facebook Article 1337 words 17 votes
‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance efforts are falling short privacy Article 791 words 19 votes
Joshua Schulte (of Vault 7 leaks) has been indicted for leaking CIA secrets privacy Article 928 words 8 votes
HART: Homeland Security’s massive new database will include face recognition, DNA, and peoples’ “non-obvious relationships” privacy Article 2230 words 23 votes
Facebook gave data access to Chinese firm flagged by US Intelligence privacy social media facebook Article 930 words 9 votes
Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends privacy Article 2002 words 11 votes
Spotify is asking its users if they'd subscribe to a $30/month data-only plan with Spotify Premium included Article 201 words 13 votes
Ad blocker Ghostery celebrates GDPR day by revealing hundreds of user email addresses privacy Article 466 words 30 votes
EU's General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect today. Rather than comply with it, some US news sites have chosen to simply block EU users. privacy Article 801 words 10 votes
Facebook suggests no compensation for European users affected by data breach facebook privacy social media Article 320 words 6 votes
Parabola raises $2.2 million to bring the power of coding to non-technical people Article 548 words 3 votes
Four ways your Google searches and social media affect your opportunities in life social media google Article 839 words 4 votes
People increased Facebook usage after Cambridge Analytica scandal facebook social media Article 391 words 9 votes
You can’t opt out of sharing your data, even if you didn’t opt in privacy internet social media Article 1283 words 7 votes
Cambridge Analytica closing operations following Facebook data controversy social media facebook Article 66 words 5 votes
WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook social media facebook Article 1312 words 6 votes