Facebook Data
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
-
Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
-
Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
-
Meta to Start Training Its AI on Public Data of Facebook, Instagram Users in the UK
Meta confirmed on Friday that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) models on the public data on Instagram and Facebook in the UK. The company first planned to use this data three months ago, however, the plan was halted due to regulatory concerns. However, the social media giant confirmed that it has now received the nod to proce...
-
Meta To Start Using Public Posts On Facebook, Instagram In UK To Train AI
Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will start receiving in-app notifications from next week explaining the company's procedure and how users can object to their data being used.
-
Major Marketing Firm Admits To Listening To Your Phone Conversations: Report
A recent report reveals that a major marketing firm with clients including Facebook and Google, has admitted to using its "Active Listening" software to monitor smartphone conversations for targeted advertising.
-
New Fear Unlocked. Woman Pays Amazon Twice For Tablet, 1 Turns Out Scam
In a post on Facebook, Swati Singhal claimed that her data was compromised and the gadget that she ordered as cash on delivery (COD) was replaced by a different and inferior product.
-
Meta To Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.
-
New Documents Reveal Facebook Snooped On Users' Snapchat, YouTube Data In Secret Project
Facebook launched a secret initiative called 'Project Ghostbusters' in 2016 to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between Snapchat's app and its servers.
-
Records Of 200,000 Facebook Marketplace Users Found On Dark Web
This is not the first time that such a data leak has been reported. In 2021, details of 530 million Facebook users were leaked in an online forum.
-
Facebook, The Social Network Old-Timer, Turns 20
Founded 20 years ago as a simple hangout spot for young people, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth that -- despite perceptions of being for boomers and parents -- continues growing and growing.
-
UK Regulator Plans To Make Tech Giants Give Greater Data Access To Rivals
Britain's competition regulator plans to make big tech companies give their rivals greater access to data and limit them from promoting their products under new powers it is due to receive from the government, it said on Thursday.
-
How Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta Generated Billions In Fines, But Didn't Pay Them
Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.
-
Facebook and Instagram Introduce Support for Seamless Shopping via Amazon: How it Works
Facebook and Instagram now allow users to make purchases via Amazon without leaving the apps. A new partnership between Meta and Amazon will allow customers to connect their shopping and social networking accounts, allowing them to choose an item and complete the purchase process inside a window on the Facebook or Instagram apps, according to detai...
-
EU Regulator Bans Meta's Use Of Personal Data For Targeted Advertising
The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will result in Facebook and Instagram owner Meta being banned from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.
![Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: Tech Tip [September 14, 2024]](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2024-09/5cqftgf8_tech-tips_640x480_14_September_24.jpg?downsize=245:163 "Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: Tech Tip [September 14, 2024]")
![Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: Tech Tip [October 28, 2023]](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2023-10/anemofq_tech-tips_640x480_28_October_23.jpg?downsize=245:163 "Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: Tech Tip [October 28, 2023]")
-
Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
-
Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
-
Microsoft Hires Meta's Former Engineering Head Jay Parikh
Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook's infrastructure humming.
-
Meta to Start Training Its AI on Public Data of Facebook, Instagram Users in the UK
Meta confirmed on Friday that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) models on the public data on Instagram and Facebook in the UK. The company first planned to use this data three months ago, however, the plan was halted due to regulatory concerns. However, the social media giant confirmed that it has now received the nod to proce...
-
Meta To Start Using Public Posts On Facebook, Instagram In UK To Train AI
Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will start receiving in-app notifications from next week explaining the company's procedure and how users can object to their data being used.
-
Major Marketing Firm Admits To Listening To Your Phone Conversations: Report
A recent report reveals that a major marketing firm with clients including Facebook and Google, has admitted to using its "Active Listening" software to monitor smartphone conversations for targeted advertising.
-
New Fear Unlocked. Woman Pays Amazon Twice For Tablet, 1 Turns Out Scam
In a post on Facebook, Swati Singhal claimed that her data was compromised and the gadget that she ordered as cash on delivery (COD) was replaced by a different and inferior product.
-
Meta To Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.
-
New Documents Reveal Facebook Snooped On Users' Snapchat, YouTube Data In Secret Project
Facebook launched a secret initiative called 'Project Ghostbusters' in 2016 to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between Snapchat's app and its servers.
-
Records Of 200,000 Facebook Marketplace Users Found On Dark Web
This is not the first time that such a data leak has been reported. In 2021, details of 530 million Facebook users were leaked in an online forum.
-
Facebook, The Social Network Old-Timer, Turns 20
Founded 20 years ago as a simple hangout spot for young people, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth that -- despite perceptions of being for boomers and parents -- continues growing and growing.
-
UK Regulator Plans To Make Tech Giants Give Greater Data Access To Rivals
Britain's competition regulator plans to make big tech companies give their rivals greater access to data and limit them from promoting their products under new powers it is due to receive from the government, it said on Thursday.
-
How Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta Generated Billions In Fines, But Didn't Pay Them
Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.
-
Facebook and Instagram Introduce Support for Seamless Shopping via Amazon: How it Works
Facebook and Instagram now allow users to make purchases via Amazon without leaving the apps. A new partnership between Meta and Amazon will allow customers to connect their shopping and social networking accounts, allowing them to choose an item and complete the purchase process inside a window on the Facebook or Instagram apps, according to detai...
-
EU Regulator Bans Meta's Use Of Personal Data For Targeted Advertising
The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will result in Facebook and Instagram owner Meta being banned from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.
