Two Democrats have introduced a new bill that would create a federal agency tasked solely with regulating the tech industry. If passed, the Online Privacy Act, sponsored by U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren, both of California, would lead to the creation of the...
Facebook has revealed that it unknowingly gave outside developers access to some private user information. The social media giant explained that since April 2018, it has removed or restricted a number of its developer application programming interfaces (APIs), including the Groups API, so that an...
News aggregation platform Flipboard has revealed that it suffered a data breach that went on for nine months. “We recently identified unauthorized access to some of our databases containing certain Flipboard users’ account information, including account credentials. In response to this discovery, we immediately launched...
August 31, 2023
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric data. “Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the policy states. Exactly what X considers biometrics is unclear and was […]
November 05, 2019
Two Democrats have introduced a new bill that would create a federal agency tasked solely with regulating the tech industry. If passed, the Online Privacy Act, sponsored by U.S. Reps....
November 05, 2019
Facebook has revealed that it unknowingly gave outside developers access to some private user information. The social media giant explained that since April 2018, it has removed or restricted a...
May 30, 2019
News aggregation platform Flipboard has revealed that it suffered a data breach that went on for nine months. “We recently identified unauthorized access to some of our databases containing certain...
