privacy
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This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of Targeted Ads
EU privacy regulators declared that Meta can’t force users to agree to data collection.
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Meta Slapped with Nearly $411 Million Fine for Facebook Data Scraping Blunder
Irish regulators hit Meta with its third GDPR-related fine in less than two years.
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U.S. House Committees Slam ID.me for ‘Baseless’ Unemployment Fraud Claims
ID.me, the controversial biometric identification verification company whose facial match technology provoked a major privacy backlash at the IRS earlier this year, may have misled the public and lawmakers when its CEO claimed the U.S. lost $US400 ($555) billion to fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims. Its biometric services, billed as a convenient and secure way to…
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Instagram’s Video Selfie Age Verification System Goes Live in the U.K.
Instagram’s video selfie age verification system for teens went live this week in the United Kingdom, around six months after the the company began testing the tool.