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America’s largest companies push for federal online privacy laws to circumvent state regulatory efforts – TechCrunch

As California moves ahead with what would be the most restrictive online privacy laws in the nation, the chief executives…

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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids’ Privacy On YouTube

Google has finally agreed to pay $170 million fine to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and the New…

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Apple Changes the Way It Listens to Your Siri Recordings Following Privacy Concerns

Apple today announced some major changes to its controversial ‘Siri audio grading program’ following criticism for employing humans to listen…

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Google Proposes ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Develop Privacy-Focused Ads

Google today announced a new initiative—called Privacy Sandbox—in an attempt to develop a set of open standards that fundamentally enhances…

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Content streamers do it better with a VPN

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Use This Privacy Tool to Clear Data Other Apps and Sites Share With Facebook

Well, here we have great news for Facebook users, which is otherwise terrible for marketers and publishers whose businesses rely…

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Viral FaceApp Unnecessarily Requests Access to Users’ Facebook Friends List

FaceApp—the AI-powered photo-morphing app that recently gone viral for its age filter but hit the headlines for its controversial privacy…

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Facebook Agrees to Pay $5 Billion Fine and Setup New Privacy Program for 20 Years

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today officially confirmed that Facebook has agreed to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine over…

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OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules – TechCrunch

GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and…

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Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default

As promised, Mozilla has finally enabled “Enhanced Tracking Protection” feature on its Firefox browser by default, which from now onwards…