Some of Facebook’s harshest critics – since the company first came under pressure for purportedly not doing enough to stanch the flow of fake news on its platform and allowing Russian troll farms to post disingenuous advertisements – have been former employees and investors who have acknowledged that the company’s unchecked expansion has come at […]
Facebook to Offer to Users to Opt Out of Browsing History Data Collection…
Facebook announced Tuesday it will allow users to opt out of letting the social media giant collect browsing history data. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on his personal page, adding he will discuss the control in detail during Facebook’s annual developer conference later Tuesday. The change — called “Clear History” — is the […]
Equifax Breach Worsens, Sparking More Concerns about Consumers’ Data…
Equifax has confirmed that the massive data breach it announced last year is larger than previously thought, affecting an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers. New details of the breach were announced by the credit reporting company Thursday, taking the total number of victims to 147.9 million. The company says the additional consumers only had their […]
Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2M to Data Breach Victims…
Ashley Madison, an American most prominent dating website that helps people cheat on their spouses has been hacked, has agreed to an $11.2 Million settlement for roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a massive data breach two years ago. Though the parent company of Ashley Madison, Ruby Corp., denies any wrongdoing, […]
Largest Hack in History: 500M Yahoo Users Private Data Breached…
Yahoo has confirmed a massive data breach affecting at least 500 million accounts. “We have confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014…