privacy

Twitter’s Preemptive Privacy Revision Won’t Slow Lawmakers’ Efforts to Amend Section 230
Twitter’s Preemptive Privacy Revision Won’t Slow Lawmakers’ Efforts to Amend Section 230
December 02, 2021  |  Regulation

It’s been a wild week at Twitter — or perhaps wilder than usual is a better way to frame it. On Monday, billionaire Twitter Co-founder...

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Facebook Faces Lawsuits Over Alleged Privacy Violations  
Facebook Faces Lawsuits Over Alleged Privacy Violations  
December 02, 2021  |  Facebook

Social media giant Facebook could face potential litigation from European consumer groups stemming from its collection of personal information related to games available on the...

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India Could Create New Regulatory Body for Social Media
India Could Create New Regulatory Body for Social Media
November 29, 2021  |  Regulation

A parliamentary panel in India says social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter should be considered publishers and get their own regulatory body. As Bloomberg...

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Apple Files Suit Against Software Vendor NSO Group
Apple Files Suit Against Software Vendor NSO Group
November 23, 2021  |  Legal

Apple has filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells software to government and law enforcement agencies to let them hack...

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Artists, Activists Protest Use of Amazon One Palm-Scanning Tech in Concert Venues 
Artists, Activists Protest Use of Amazon One Palm-Scanning Tech in Concert Venues 
November 17, 2021  |  Biometrics

Some artists and activists are giving a thumbs-down to the use of Amazon’s palm-scanning technology in concert venues. Some 200 artists and 30 groups have...

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Bitcoin Daily: Florida Trial Could Reveal Identity of Bitcoin’s Original Creator; New Bitcoin Update Adds Privacy; JC Flowers Founder Criticizes Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Florida Trial Could Reveal Identity of Bitcoin’s Original Creator; New Bitcoin Update Adds...
November 14, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The family of a deceased man, David Kleiman, who claimed to have helped to create bitcoin, is undergoing a trial to try to get the...

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Bitcoin Daily: La Haus to Take Bitcoin Payments; Mastercard Works With Asia-Based Crypto Companies on Card; Digital Yuan to Focus on Privacy; Twitter Rolls out Crypto Team; CPI Sees Gains in Bitcoin, Ether
Bitcoin Daily: La Haus to Take Bitcoin Payments; Mastercard Works With Asia-Based Crypto Companies on...
November 10, 2021  |  Bitcoin

La Haus, a property technology company based in Latin America, is now taking bitcoin for home purchases, CoinDesk reported. The purchases will go through on-chain...

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Critics Raise Privacy Concerns Over Scooter Data Collection
Critics Raise Privacy Concerns Over Scooter Data Collection
November 10, 2021  |  Transportation

Critics are raising privacy concerns over the amount of data being collected by shared scooter services and the cities in which they operate. That’s according...

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Poshmark Sales Hurt by Apple Privacy Changes
Poshmark Sales Hurt by Apple Privacy Changes
November 10, 2021  |  Retail

Resale marketplace Poshmark reported lower-than-expected sales in the third quarter as the company grapples with the impact of Apple’s privacy changes in its iOS system,...

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