Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.

Did you know that private browsing modes aren’t very private?

The popular video conferencing platform's recent privacy and AI policy changes have exploded in the company's face. Here's what to know.

Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.

The agency opposes an amendment that prevents it from using data brokers.

Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Looks like the cat is out of the Bard.

Twelve of the largest drug stores in the U.S. sent shoppers’ sensitive health information to Facebook or other platforms.

Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which will require the company to pay $5.8 million over its inability to keep private footage and audio collected from users’ homes.

A genetic testing company is under fire from the Federal Trade Commission for failing to protect customer data.

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The Federal Trade Commission charged home security camera company Ring with compromising its customers’ privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers’ private

In the agency’s latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8m

Amazon agrees to pay a civil penalty to settle allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.

You may have heard the news that the EU hit Meta with a $1.3 billion fine for violating EU “data privacy rules” and assumed that this was just Meta being Meta and being bad about your privacy. But …

Section 702 debate rages after another FISA Court opinion is unclassified.

In a landmark ruling, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was slapped with a record-breaking fine of €1.2 billion (approximately $1.3 billion) by the European Union for violating its stringent privacy policies. This fine is the largest ever imposed under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), a set of rules designed to protect customer privacy in the European Union.

Meta failed to comply with the EU's warning about transferring users' data to US servers, and the fine eclipses Amazon's $807 million fine in 2021.

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