Google fined a record $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust violations The Verge Tom Warren Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws. The European Commission says...
READ MOREHow Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight New York Times Sapna Maheshwari The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. But...
READ MORE‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says Education Week Benjamin Herold The K-12 world is subject to a murky marketplace of commercial data brokers who traffic in sensitive information involving...
READ MOREAs GDPR looms, marketers demand GDPR compliance from tech and media suppliers Digiday Seb Joseph For once in media, advertisers and publishers are on the same page. Like publishers, advertisers are racing to purge their supply chains of ad tech...
READ MOREThese 42 Disney apps are allegedly spying on your kids The Washington Post Brian Fung and Hamza Shaban The Walt Disney Co. secretly collects personal information on some of their youngest customers and shares that data illegally with advertisers...
READ MOREHow brands are tapping into consumers’ faces – and brains The Drum Lisa Lacy This type of facial recognition technology is also being used at airports to both improve the boarding process and to enhance security – at least allegedly. But it can...
READ MOREWatchdog Group Files Complaint Over Google Tracking In-Person Purchases NPR CAMILA DOMONOSKE A privacy watchdog group has filed a complaint with the FTC over Google’s system for tracking purchases Internet users make in person, at physical...
READ MOREFBI warns parents of privacy risks associated with internet-connected toys CNBC The FBI on Monday warned parents of privacy and safety risks from children’s toys connected to the internet. In an advisory posted on its website, the Federal...
READ MOREPrivacy Advocates Raise Concerns About Mattel’s Always-On ‘Aristotle’ Baby Monitor Consumerist Kate Cox Anyone who has watched a young child become fascinated with virtual “assistants” like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, or Google Home could guess...
READ MOREGroups Call on Facebook to Disclose and Explain Its Collection of Psychological Insights About Its Youngest Users Facebook Told Marketers It Can Detect Teens Feeling ‘Insecure’ and ‘Worthless’; Data Could Be Used to Drive...
READ MOREI’m an ex-Facebook exec: don’t believe what they tell you about ads The Guardian Antonio Garcia-Martinez For two years I was charged with turning Facebook data into money, by any legal means. If you browse the internet or buy items in...
READ MOREFacebook research targeted insecure youth, leaked documents show Independent Rachael Pells Facebook has come under fire after leaked documents revealed the social media site has been targeting potentially vulnerable children. The allegations...
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