According to a recent report, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered moving the company into the online dating world in 2014, but instead chose to give Tinder and similar dating apps special access to Facebook user data.
According to a recent report, a computer science student has scraped seven million transactions from the Venmo payment processing app, highlighting vulnerabilities in the service. Users of the popular payment system owned by PayPal can secure the privacy of their account by following several simple steps.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is worried that internal emails could show that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was aware of the company’s questionable privacy practices.
A recent report from MarketWatch claims that ahead of suspected antitrust investigations into Silicon Valley, tech giants may have to reveal to users how much their data is worth. User Data is the lifeblood of the Masters of the Universe, providing them with billions in profits based on targeted advertising.
Ride-sharing app Uber may have to turn to selling its vast trove of user data to finally turn a profit. Following the rest of the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe, Uber could reportedly profit from user data, which an insider described as “a wildly successful data collection on who uses it and how they use it and where they go.”
A BuzzFeed journalist recently used a Facebook transparency tool to investigate the sort of companies utilizing her data for advertising, finding her personal data was “everywhere” with “no control.” BuzzFeed News reporter Katie Notopoulos recently investigated the sort of personal details that
According to recent industry research, a large number of Google users do not expect the site to track their activities, locations and browsing history on other platforms — all of which Google does on a regular basis.
Tech giant Facebook has caved to pressure from the European Commission and has agreed to revise its terms to better explain how the site utilizes user data to reap massive profits.
Police departments are reportedly forcing Google to hand over user data on those who were near crime scenes using “reverse location search warrants.”
Ukrainian hackers reportedly used online quizzes to gain access to private Facebook user data and “inject unauthorized advertisements.”
A new Facebook feature will roll out at the end of February will reveal to users why advertisers were given their contact information.
Amazon may have used data from Facebook users, which was given to the company as part of a secret data-sharing partnership, to better enforce its rules, according to a report.
Recently published internal Facebook documents reveal how the social media firm planned to charge advertisers and developers for access to user data.
Internal Facebook documents published by U.K. MP’s have revealed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed selling user data to developers and advertisers with staff.
According to internal Facebook emails revealed by the Wall Street Journal, the social media giant considered cutting deals with third party companies in order to provide them with access to Facebook user data.
Members of Parliament (MPs) from both the United Kingdom and Canada want Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at an “unprecedented” joint-hearing over user privacy and “fake news” on the social network.
Facebook is forcing users to wait twice as long to delete their accounts following a recent update.
Reports published late this week suggest that a Facebook software bug may have caused user’s private posts to be shared publicly.
A leaked internal video from Google portrays the company’s vision of “total data collection.”
Apple has reportedly begun removing apps from their store that share users location data with third parties.
