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Facebook launches bulk app removal tool amidst privacy scandal
Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, users have flocked to their Facebook privacy settings to sever their connection to third-party apps that they no longer wanted to have access to their data. But deleting them all took forever because you had to remove them one by one. Now Facebook has released a new way to select…
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Instagram suddenly chokes off developers as Facebook chases privacy
Without warning, Instagram has broken many of the unofficial apps built on its platform. This weekend it surprised developers with a massive reduction in how much data they can pull from the Instagram API, shrinking the API limit from 5,000 to 200 calls per user per hour. Apps that help people figure out if their…
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Facebook makes its privacy, data downloading and deletion settings easier to find
With Facebook facing a wave of public backlash over how it has handled user data over the years — a backlash that was kicked off two weeks ago with the revelation that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had worked on targeted election campaigns using personal and private Facebook data — the company today announced a…
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Google activa la publicidad basada en intereses con el lanzamiento de ‘Privacy Sandbox’
Google es ahora Implementación de Privacy Sandbox (su tecnología para reemplazar las cookies de terceros) para todos los usuarios de Chrome. La compañía promociona esto como una característica más orientada a la privacidad, que rastrea temas de interés en función de sus hábitos de navegación. Luego, los anunciantes pueden utilizar estos datos para mostrarle anuncios…
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The FTC settles with Venmo over a series of privacy and security violations
The FTC announced today it has settled with PayPal over a complaint about the company’s handling of privacy disclosures in its peer-to-peer payments app Venmo, its lack of disclosure over the speed with which customers could access funds, as well as other issues related to the security and privacy of customer transactions. News that the…
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Instagram Direct one-ups Snapchat with replay privacy controls
Messaging is the heart of Snapchat, so after cloning and augmenting Stories, Instagram is hoping to boost intimate usage of Direct with privacy controls not found elsewhere. Now when you send an ephemeral photo or video from the Instagram Direct camera, you can decide whether recipients can only view it once, replay it temporarily or…
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Strava appears to have disabled a key tracking feature over privacy concerns
This will come as no surprise to those who’ve been following the news of the past couple of weeks, but it appears that Strava’s disabled at least one top feature as it works to get to the bottom of recent privacy concerns over its mapping features. The app’s Segments feature looks to be at least…
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US military reviewing tech use after Strava privacy snafu
The U.S. military has responded to privacy concerns over a heatmap feature in the Strava app which displays users’ fitness activity — and has been shown exposing the locations of military facilities around the world — by saying it’s reviewing the rules around usage of wireless devices and apps by its personnel. At the weekend, Australian…
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Digital minister’s app lands on data watchdog’s radar after privacy cock-up
UK digital minister Matt Hancock, who’s currently busy with legislative updates to the national data protection framework, including to bring it in line with the EU’s strict new privacy regime, nonetheless found time to launch an own-brand social networking app this week. The eponymously titled: Matt Hancock MP App. To cut a long story short,…
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Cape Privacy anuncia la Serie A de 20 millones de dólares para ayudar a las empresas a compartir datos de forma segura
Privacidad del Cabo, la startup en etapa inicial que quiere facilitar que las empresas compartan datos confidenciales de forma segura y encriptada, anunció hoy una Serie A de 20 millones de dólares. Evolution Equity Partners lideró la ronda con la participación de los nuevos inversores Tiger Global Management, Ridgeline Partners y Downing Lane. También participaron…