July 24, 2019

Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole

A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved.

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July 11, 2019

GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott

The ICO isn't pulling its punches: The penalty for BA's data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.

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March 19, 2019

Court: Embarrassing leaks of internal Facebook emails are fishy

The leaks point to a plot, a Calif. court said, ordering pikini app maker Six4Three to hand over its lawyers' chats with the ICO.

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March 04, 2019

Is a Facebookcoin in the works?

Facebook, Signal and Telegram are all planning cryptocurrencies. But why these companies, why now, and will they be successful?

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February 19, 2019

Facebook acts like a law-breaking ‘digital gangster’, says official report

Facebook considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law,” UK lawmakers said in a report about "disinformation and 'fake news.'"

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November 29, 2018

Massage app exposes users

Popular massage-booking app Urban left its database wide open.

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October 26, 2018

Facebook fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica saga

A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner's Office could do under the old Data Protection Act.

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October 10, 2018

Airport mislays world’s most expensive USB stick

In October 2017, a member of the public found a USB stick containing a trove of data on security systems and procedures at one of the world’s busiest airports.

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July 11, 2018

Facebook stares down barrel of $660,000 fine over data slurping

The UK privacy regulator has fired a £0.5M shot across Facebook's bows in the looks-set-to-go-on-for-ages "Cambridge Analytica" saga

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