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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
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...
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
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.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
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
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WhatsApp ‘Illegal’ Data Collection Halted by German Regulator
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.
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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
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.
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Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
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.
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Facebook Launches Media Campaign to Defend Targeted Advertisements in Spat With Apple
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.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Hits Apple Over Privacy as the Social Media Company’s Quarterly Results Soar
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.
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How to Switch Off Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Tracking From Website and App
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...
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Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
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.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
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...
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
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.
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Germany Tells Its Ministries to Stop Using Facebook Pages Over Privacy Concerns
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
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WhatsApp ‘Illegal’ Data Collection Halted by German Regulator
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.
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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
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.
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Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
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.
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Facebook Launches Media Campaign to Defend Targeted Advertisements in Spat With Apple
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.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Hits Apple Over Privacy as the Social Media Company’s Quarterly Results Soar
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.
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How to Switch Off Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Tracking From Website and App
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...
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Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
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.
