Privacy Concerns: Page 8
How to Manage Your Google Privacy Settings
Dig into Google's account dashboard to see what the company knows about you.
Facebook Apologizes for Keeping Videos You Never Posted
Remember all those videos you decided against posting and deleted instead? Facebook kept them.
You Trusted Facebook: Own Up to It
Facebook collected massive amounts of data from us, with our permission. When we think about regulating it, we need to ask: how much do we need to be protected from ourselves?
Facebook to End Targeted Ads Built With 3rd-Party Data Mining
Facebook is phasing out the advertising tool in an effort to protect users' privacy, amid criticism over the Cambridge Analytica data abuse scandal.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Criticizes Facebook Privacy Standards
He said Facebook should have regulated itself.
Here Are 6 Weird Ways You're Being Tracked in the Real World
You probably know that your online activity creates a data trail. But technology is creeping into the offline world, making it difficult to go anywhere without leaving a trace.
Here's How to Download and Delete Your Facebook Data
Facebook just announced that managing your data will soon get even easier. In the meantime, here's a step-by-step guide to finding and erasing it.
Facebook Denies Collecting Call and SMS Data Without Permission
Android users are apparently giving the social network permission to collect this data.
Mozilla Pulls Facebook Ads Over Privacy Flap
The Cambridge Analytica controversy triggered the Firefox developer to press Facebook to change its default privacy settings for app permissions.
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Seem Very Sorry or Very Forgiven
Zuckerberg, but notably not Sheryl Sandberg, has at last addressed the Cambridge Analytica scandal but failed to quell the furor.
The Co-Founder of Whatsapp, Which Is Owned by Facebook, Tweets '#deleteFacebook'
Facebook acquired Brian Acton's company for $22 billion in 2014.
Here's How to Check If Facebook 3rd-Party Apps Have Access to Your Personal Information
In light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it's a good idea to do an audit on your data.
Apple Confirms it Uses Google Cloud for iCloud
The Cupertino tech giant is now using Google's Cloud Platform, in addition to Amazon's S3 service, to store encrypted iCloud data.
12 Privacy Mistakes that Can Cost You Your Job in 2018
Countless people have lost their jobs due to easily-avoidable privacy mistakes.
Facebook Teaches You How to Keep Your Data Private
The social network has also published its 'privacy principles.'