Data privacy
Data privacy Facebook must face action on security, but not damages
A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018 …
Data privacy Facial recognition at Indian cafe sparks calls for data protection law
The use of facial recognition technology at a popular Indian cafe chain that triggered a backlash among customers, led to …
Data privacy Big tech – too big to fail, says data whistleblower Wylie
Big Tech is becoming "too big to fail" and should not saddle ill-equipped consumers with safekeeping privacy for society at large, data whistleblower Christopher …
Data privacy Online fashion retailer defends system of ranking staff like products
Zalando, Europe's biggest online-only fashion retailer, has rejected accusations that a performance management tool that asks employees to give feedback …
Google U.S. lawmakers question Google about collection of health records
U.S. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren along with fellow Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bill Cassidy wrote a letter to Alphabet's Google …
Data privacy Microsoft updates terms on data privacy amid EU probe
Microsoft said on Monday it was updating the privacy provisions of its commercial cloud contracts after European regulators found its …
Data privacy Personal? Private? No such thing in data-hungry world
Personal data reveals a slew of secrets about friends and family so regulators should stop fixating on individual privacy and …
Data protection Amazon says customers have to protect own data
Amazon's cloud computing customers have to decide themselves how best to protect sensitive information online, a senior executive said on …
Data protection U.S. antitrust laws can supposedly address tech monopolies
The U.S. Justice Department antitrust chief said on Friday that existent U.S. antitrust laws are "flexible enough" to address harm …
Social media Facebook fights disclosing app records in Massachusetts privacy probe
Facebook Inc on Thursday urged a judge not to force it to turn over records to Massachusetts' attorney general disclosing …
Social media Facebook executives planned ‘switcharoo’ on data policy change
Facebook Inc began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals while presenting …
Data privacy Australian regulator files privacy suit against Google
An Australian regulator has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's <GOOGL.O> Google, accusing it of misleading smartphone users about how …
