March 03, 2020

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who's taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.

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February 20, 2020

Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account

Amazon is following Google's lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.

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August 08, 2019

Twitter may have shared your data with its ad partners without your permission

Some user data, such as country and device type, was exposed to some advertisers for over a year.

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December 20, 2018

Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge

Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.

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May 29, 2018

Are your Android apps sending unencrypted data?

This simple setup will help you discover if you've got leaky apps.

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March 16, 2018

Facebook: we won’t share data with WhatsApp (yet)

Facebook has signed a public commitment to keep its mitts off Whatsapp user data sharing, until it can do so legally.

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December 20, 2017

WhatsApp and Facebook told to stop sharing data

Whatsapp will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for "business intelligence" purposes with Facebook if it doesn't comply

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November 09, 2016

Facebook suspends plans to collect WhatsApp user data in the UK

Consumer rights 'aren't properly protected', says the ICO as it says users should be given 'ongoing control' over their data

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April 05, 2016

Oculus Rift sparks Ts and Cs storm over sharing data with Facebook

Oculus Rift users can expect to share their “physical movements and dimensions when [using] a virtual reality headset” with Facebook and pals.

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