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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
- Thursday September 19, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
- Thursday November 4, 2021
- Reuters
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
- Wednesday June 30, 2021
- Reuters
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp ‘Illegal’ Data Collection Halted by German Regulator
- Wednesday April 14, 2021
- Reuters
Germany's lead data protection regulator for Facebook said that it was taking action against the social network to prevent the collection of personal data from users of its WhatsApp messaging app.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
- Wednesday April 7, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook said that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
- Tuesday March 23, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15-billion (roughly Rs. 1,08,590 crore) lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Launches Media Campaign to Defend Targeted Advertisements in Spat With Apple
- Friday February 26, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted advertisements, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Hits Apple Over Privacy as the Social Media Company’s Quarterly Results Soar
- Thursday January 28, 2021
- Associated Press
Facebook capped a tumultuous 2020 with soaring earnings in the final quarter, but the company forecast challenges in 2021 that include a coming privacy update by Apple that could limit the social network's advertisement targeting capabilities.
- www.gadgets360.com
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How to Switch Off Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Tracking From Website and App
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Here’s a step-by-step guide to turn off the ‘off-Facebook activity’ tracking. Facebook wants to show you personalised and targeted ads. But for that, it not just takes your data from its social networking site or app — alongside its subsidiaries including Instagram and WhatsApp — but also from various third parties. For this, you can chec...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
- Tuesday May 19, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Canada's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made "misleading" claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cambridge Analytica: US Court Approves Record $5 Billion Fine of Facebook Over Privacy
- Saturday April 25, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
US regulators on Friday welcomed a "historic" $5 billion settlement with Facebook over data privacy as the social network said it was already implementing the provisions of the deal.
- www.gadgets360.com
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CERN Ditches Facebook's Workplace App Over Data Privacy
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Indo-Asian News Service
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research or CERN has decided to shun enterprise connectivity platform Workplace by Facebook, citing concerns around the management of user data by the social networking giant.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Payroll Data Of 29,000 Facebook Employees Stolen From Car
- Saturday December 14, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Friday alerted employees that hard drives rich with information about those on the social network's payroll were stolen from a car last month.
- www.ndtv.com
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Centre, Facebook Spar Over Decryption Laws at Supreme Court
- Wednesday October 23, 2019
- Reuters
Centre asked Facebook on Tuesday to help it decrypt private messages on its network, citing national security requirements in a court hearing on privacy rights on social media platforms.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering
- Wednesday August 21, 2019
- Associated Press
Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps.
- www.gadgets360.com
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
- Thursday September 19, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
- Thursday November 4, 2021
- Reuters
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
- Wednesday June 30, 2021
- Reuters
Germany's data protection commissioner has asked government organisations in the country to shut down their Facebook pages adding that the social network had failed to change its practices to comply with German and European privacy laws
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp ‘Illegal’ Data Collection Halted by German Regulator
- Wednesday April 14, 2021
- Reuters
Germany's lead data protection regulator for Facebook said that it was taking action against the social network to prevent the collection of personal data from users of its WhatsApp messaging app.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
- Wednesday April 7, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook said that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
- Tuesday March 23, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15-billion (roughly Rs. 1,08,590 crore) lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Launches Media Campaign to Defend Targeted Advertisements in Spat With Apple
- Friday February 26, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted advertisements, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Hits Apple Over Privacy as the Social Media Company’s Quarterly Results Soar
- Thursday January 28, 2021
- Associated Press
Facebook capped a tumultuous 2020 with soaring earnings in the final quarter, but the company forecast challenges in 2021 that include a coming privacy update by Apple that could limit the social network's advertisement targeting capabilities.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
How to Switch Off Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Tracking From Website and App
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Here’s a step-by-step guide to turn off the ‘off-Facebook activity’ tracking. Facebook wants to show you personalised and targeted ads. But for that, it not just takes your data from its social networking site or app — alongside its subsidiaries including Instagram and WhatsApp — but also from various third parties. For this, you can chec...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
- Tuesday May 19, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Canada's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made "misleading" claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Cambridge Analytica: US Court Approves Record $5 Billion Fine of Facebook Over Privacy
- Saturday April 25, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
US regulators on Friday welcomed a "historic" $5 billion settlement with Facebook over data privacy as the social network said it was already implementing the provisions of the deal.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
CERN Ditches Facebook's Workplace App Over Data Privacy
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Indo-Asian News Service
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research or CERN has decided to shun enterprise connectivity platform Workplace by Facebook, citing concerns around the management of user data by the social networking giant.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Payroll Data Of 29,000 Facebook Employees Stolen From Car
- Saturday December 14, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Friday alerted employees that hard drives rich with information about those on the social network's payroll were stolen from a car last month.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Centre, Facebook Spar Over Decryption Laws at Supreme Court
- Wednesday October 23, 2019
- Reuters
Centre asked Facebook on Tuesday to help it decrypt private messages on its network, citing national security requirements in a court hearing on privacy rights on social media platforms.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering
- Wednesday August 21, 2019
- Associated Press
Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps.
- www.gadgets360.com