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Judge Dismisses Cambridge Analytica Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook Parent Meta
A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, DC, against Facebook owner Meta Platforms was dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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US Lawmakers Question Meta on Sensitive Facebook User Data Access Granted to Chinese, Russian Developers
Meta was questioned by two US senators on Monday over the access to personal user information granted to developers in China and Russia that could be used for espionage. The letter sent to Meta said that even though Facebook has never been able to operate in China, nearly 90,000 developers had access to users' profile data, photos, and private mess...
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Google Criticised for Data Handling Practices by German Antitrust Watchdog
Google has been criticised by Germany's antitrust regulator for the way it handles users' data. Data collected by Google was used to "create very detailed user profiles which the company can exploit for advertising and other purposes", the Federal Cartel Authority said.
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Meta to Pay $725 Million to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit: Report
Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (nearly Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users' personal data with Cambridge Analytica, The Verge reported. The lawsuit was filed in 2018.
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Facebook Says It Is Helping Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine 'Hesitancy' by Filtering Out Misinformation
Facebook said vaccine "hesitancy" is declining in the US and other countries and credits its efforts to filter out misinformation and promote authoritative information for helping the trend.
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WhatsApp Privacy Policy Probe: Delhi High Court Seeks CCI Stand on Appeals on Inquiry
The Delhi High Court asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to reply on the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging app's new privacy policy.
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Facebook Under Scrutiny Over Handling of Children’s Data on Instagram
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two inquiries into Facebook after concerns were raised about the social network giant's handling of children's personal data on Instagram.
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Facebook Profile Details of 267 Million Accounts Sold on Dark Web for a Measly $542: Report
Security researchers have discovered that user data extracted from over 267 million Facebook accounts was reportedly sold on the dark web.
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Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users, US FTC Finds
US regulators on Friday said they had found now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data for voter profiling and targeting.
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Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Improperly Accessed User Data
Facebook on Tuesday acknowledged another privacy mishap on its platform: This time, some app developers may have wrongly accessed names and profile photos about users in certain groups.
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Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook's Alleged New Data Breach: 120 Million Accounts Claimed to Be Compromised
Facebook claims that its service didn't suffer any breach, and asserts that this data has been obtained by the hackers via malicious extensions.
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Facebook's Dating Service Is a Chance to Meet the Catfisher, Advertiser or Scammer of Your Dreams
The love-seeking singles of Facebook's new dating service, privacy experts say, may not be prepared for what they'll encounter.
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WhatsApp Now Lets Users See Data It Collects From Them: How to Download and View
Your WhatsApp data report will take roughly around 3 days to be ready for download.
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It's Not Just America: Zuckerberg Has to Answer for Facebook's Actions Around the World
Facebook admits that the data of up to 87 million profiles from across the world may have been improperly used by the data firm Cambridge Analytica.
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Judge Dismisses Cambridge Analytica Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook Parent Meta
A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, DC, against Facebook owner Meta Platforms was dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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US Lawmakers Question Meta on Sensitive Facebook User Data Access Granted to Chinese, Russian Developers
Meta was questioned by two US senators on Monday over the access to personal user information granted to developers in China and Russia that could be used for espionage. The letter sent to Meta said that even though Facebook has never been able to operate in China, nearly 90,000 developers had access to users' profile data, photos, and private mess...
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Google Criticised for Data Handling Practices by German Antitrust Watchdog
Google has been criticised by Germany's antitrust regulator for the way it handles users' data. Data collected by Google was used to "create very detailed user profiles which the company can exploit for advertising and other purposes", the Federal Cartel Authority said.
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Meta to Pay $725 Million to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit: Report
Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (nearly Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users' personal data with Cambridge Analytica, The Verge reported. The lawsuit was filed in 2018.
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Facebook Says It Is Helping Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine 'Hesitancy' by Filtering Out Misinformation
Facebook said vaccine "hesitancy" is declining in the US and other countries and credits its efforts to filter out misinformation and promote authoritative information for helping the trend.
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WhatsApp Privacy Policy Probe: Delhi High Court Seeks CCI Stand on Appeals on Inquiry
The Delhi High Court asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to reply on the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging app's new privacy policy.
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Facebook Under Scrutiny Over Handling of Children’s Data on Instagram
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two inquiries into Facebook after concerns were raised about the social network giant's handling of children's personal data on Instagram.
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Facebook Profile Details of 267 Million Accounts Sold on Dark Web for a Measly $542: Report
Security researchers have discovered that user data extracted from over 267 million Facebook accounts was reportedly sold on the dark web.
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Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users, US FTC Finds
US regulators on Friday said they had found now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data for voter profiling and targeting.
-
Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Improperly Accessed User Data
Facebook on Tuesday acknowledged another privacy mishap on its platform: This time, some app developers may have wrongly accessed names and profile photos about users in certain groups.
-
Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook's Alleged New Data Breach: 120 Million Accounts Claimed to Be Compromised
Facebook claims that its service didn't suffer any breach, and asserts that this data has been obtained by the hackers via malicious extensions.
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Facebook's Dating Service Is a Chance to Meet the Catfisher, Advertiser or Scammer of Your Dreams
The love-seeking singles of Facebook's new dating service, privacy experts say, may not be prepared for what they'll encounter.
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WhatsApp Now Lets Users See Data It Collects From Them: How to Download and View
Your WhatsApp data report will take roughly around 3 days to be ready for download.
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It's Not Just America: Zuckerberg Has to Answer for Facebook's Actions Around the World
Facebook admits that the data of up to 87 million profiles from across the world may have been improperly used by the data firm Cambridge Analytica.
