gdpr
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Facebook Fined Just $911,000 In UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($910,650) by the United Kingdom today over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The minuscule fine was the most allowed under the law, but Facebook can probably find that kind of money in its couch cushions. Based on last year’s revenue, Facebook makes that amount in less than 9 minutes of operation.
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Facebook, Google And Microsoft Use Design To Trick You Into Handing Over Your Data, New Report Warns
Your favourite tech companies are trying to trick you into giving up your data, and a new study shows how they’re using design to do it.
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Why Twitter Started Banning Some Of Its Youngest Users
Twitter, in an effort to comply with the European Union’s privacy-centric General Data Protection Regulation, has begun to suspend accounts belonging users who were under the age of 13 when they first signed up. While the cynic in me is all for Twitter cleansing its service of youths, it isn’t exactly implementing age restriction as…
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How To Download Your Data With All The Fancy New GDPR Tools
The big new European data-privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here, and it’s ushered in a host of changes to the way companies treat your personal information.