April 10, 2018

Another company’s been harvesting Facebook user data

Like Cambridge Analytica, Cubeyou also gobbled users' data with personality quizzes, under the guise of "research."

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January 09, 2018

Facebook bug could have exposed your phone number to marketers

Self-service ad-targeting tools could have squeezed users' phone numbers from their email addresses... verrrrry sloooowly.

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November 21, 2017

Ex-Facebook privacy manager dishes the dirt on your data

"Lawmakers shouldn’t allow Facebook to regulate itself. Because it won’t."

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August 04, 2017

Google wants to track you in real life – privacy group says, ‘No way!’

Google plans to use AI tool to grab details of billions of in-store credit card transaction.

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May 25, 2017

Google debuts a new way to follow your footsteps around the web

New machine-learning tool aims to deliver even more information to Google's advertisers about your 'consumer journey'

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May 22, 2017

What does Twitter think you’re interested in? Now you can find out

Twitter has tweaked its settings so that you can see what it thinks you're interested in so that advertisers can target you

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June 02, 2015

Google’s new ‘My Account’ lets you tweak privacy and security settings

...and gives you a glimpse into just how much the data king knows about you!

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January 27, 2015

Pinterest to sell ads based on what you’re thinking of buying

Been pinning pictures of fancy kitchens? Well, isn't that interesting, says every appliance maker on the planet.

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