“We think it is entirely appropriate for Congress to take a closer look at Apple’s business practices,” Mr. Prober said.Apple has faced scrutiny in recent years for its strict control […]
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Back to news homeA Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
On Dec. 9, the Federal Trade Commission and nearly every state filed bipartisan lawsuits accusing Facebook of acting anticompetitively. Less than a week later, European policymakers introduced a competition law […]
Sen. Wyden proposes limits on exportation of American’s personal data
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has proposed a draft bill that would limit the types of information that could be bought and sold by tech companies abroad, and the countries it […]
Building customer-first relationships in a privacy-first world is critical
Travis Clinger Contributor Travis Clinger is SVP, head of addressability and ecosystem at LiveRamp, a data connectivity platform safely moving data through the pipes connecting most every brand, tech platform, […]
A ‘System of Espionage’ Reigned at Ikea, a French Prosecutor Charges
VERSAILLES, France — The USB stick mysteriously appeared from an unidentified deliveryman. It held an explosive trove: a cache of startling emails detailing an intricate effort by Ikea executives in […]
Facebook’s tardy disclosure of breach timing raises GDPR compliance questions
The question of whether Facebook will face any regulatory sanction over the latest massive historical platform privacy fail to come to light remains unclear. But the timeline of the incident […]
Signal tests payments in the UK using MobileCoin
Encrypted chat app Signal is adding payments to the services it provides, a long-expected move and one the company is taking its time on. A U.K.-only beta program will allow […]
Daily Crunch: Facebook faces questions over data breach
European regulators have questions about a Facebook data breach, Clubhouse adds payments and a robotics company has SPAC plans. This is your Daily Crunch for April 6, 2021. The big […]
How Jamaica failed to handle its JamCOVID scandal
As governments scrambled to lock down their populations after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared last March, some countries had plans underway to reopen. By June, Jamaica became one of the […]
If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser
Meet the private browsersFirefox Focus, DuckDuckGo and Brave are all similar, but with some important differences.Firefox Focus, available only for mobile devices like iPhones and Android smartphones, is bare-bones. You […]