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This guy auctioned his Facebook data on eBay—and the price soared

The money was going to be donated.

On May 29, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Facebook, Google facing mammoth lawsuits after one day of GDPR

The privacy rules are causing headaches for European users and tech companies.

On May 25, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

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This creepy internal video is every reason we fear Google

'We understand if this is disturbing—it is designed to be.'

On May 18, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Company police use to track cell phones across America hacked

Thousands of login credentials were exposed.

On May 16, 2018 by David Gilmour

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Another leak has exposed the sensitive data of 3 million Facebook users

The incident has several ties to Cambridge Analytica.

On May 14, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Facebook's 'Sauron Alert' Privacy Tool Is for Employees Only

Facebook only gives employees a privacy tool everyone should have

The warning is named after an evil 'Lord of the Rings' character.

On May 4, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Here’s why you’re getting all those terms of service update emails

Companies have until May 25 to make changes.

On Apr 27, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Data harvesting firm leaked personal data on 48 million people

The company refutes the details of the leak.

On Apr 19, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Harvested Facebook data could be stored in Russia, whistleblower says

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie is preparing to speak to federal authorities.

On Apr 9, 2018 by David Gilmour

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak abandons Facebook over data concerns

'With Facebook, you are the product.'

On Apr 9, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Users would need to pay if Facebook stopped collecting data, exec says

She also hinted that more data breaches are coming.

On Apr 6, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Panera Bread's website reportedly left millions of customers' data exposed for at least eight months.

Report: Panera’s website leaves ‘millions’ of customers’ data exposed

37 million customers could be affected.

On Apr 3, 2018 by Kris Seavers

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Under Armour data breach affects 150 million users of MyFitnessPal app

Change your password—now.

On Mar 29, 2018 by Kris Seavers

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Report: U.K. police secretly deploy cellphone data extraction technologies

Privacy International is demanding an independent review.

On Mar 27, 2018 by David Gilmour

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Congress quietly snuck a major data privacy act into its spending bill

Internet rights groups have called the bill 'dangerous.'

On Mar 23, 2018 by Andrew Wyrich