Tag: Facebook
  • Sep 30, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Guides, Surveillance,

How Blacklight illuminates the murky world of ad tracking, key logging, canvas fingerprinting, Facebook pixels, and more

It is hardly news that we are being tracked as we visit Web sites, and move around the Internet. As this blog has reported, it’s the basis of today’s main online business model: using information about where we go, and what we view, in order to allow advertisers to offer highly-targeted advertising based on the … Continue reading “How Blacklight illuminates the murky world of ad tracking, key logging, canvas fingerprinting, Facebook pixels, and more”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 25, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of September 25th, 2020 TikTok and WeChat banned in the US? American users need a VPN The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued an order to essentially ban Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat though the move has since been temporarily halted by a judge’s order. Additionally, the approval of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 25, 2020”

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  • Sep 23, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

Facebook faces lawsuit for spying on Instagram users with camera

Facebook is facing a lawsuit which alleges that the Instagram app spied on users through their cameras. Earlier this year, an update to iOS which included privacy warnings when an app does things like open the camera or access the clipboard called out the Instagram app accessing the camera unexpectedly while the app was open. … Continue reading “Facebook faces lawsuit for spying on Instagram users with camera”

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  • Sep 23, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Web sites shared over 100 trillion pieces of our personal data last year: time to stop real-time bidding’s blatant disregard of privacy

Last week Privacy News Online wrote about developments in the long-running battle between the privacy campaigner Max Schrems and Facebook. One of the key issues there is the failure by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to act on the initial complaint made by Schrems seven years ago. That matters, because under EU law, Ireland … Continue reading “Web sites shared over 100 trillion pieces of our personal data last year: time to stop real-time bidding’s blatant disregard of privacy”

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  • Sep 17, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Latest developments in the long-running and crucial Schrems vs. Facebook GDPR privacy battle

Back in July, this blog reported on a major victory for the privacy campaigner Max Schrems at the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU). Following that win, the big question now is: what effects will it have on the handling of personal data by the Internet giants? A quick fix is unlikely, but … Continue reading “Latest developments in the long-running and crucial Schrems vs. Facebook GDPR privacy battle”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of September 11th, 2020 Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment Law enforcement has previously used reverse location requests, otherwise known as geo fencing warrants, to ask tech companies like Google to provide a list of all smartphones located near the scene of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020”

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  • Aug 19, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Max Schrems files 101 complaints across 30 European countries to turbocharge GDPR’s impact – and he’s not the only one

Last month, Privacy News Online discussed another major win for the privacy activist Max Schrems. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s top court, agreed with Schrems that the Privacy Shield framework, one of the two main ways of sending personal data about EU citizens across the Atlantic, was invalid. The … Continue reading “Max Schrems files 101 complaints across 30 European countries to turbocharge GDPR’s impact – and he’s not the only one”

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  • Aug 13, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media,

Instagram faces $500 billion lawsuit for gathering facial biometrics data without consent

A new class action lawsuit in the state of Illinois is trying to bring Facebook to task for illegally harvesting biometrics data, specifically facial recognition data or a “face template.” The lawsuit, Whalen v. Facebook, seeks to fine Facebook up to $500 billion dollars for the illegal biometrics harvesting. The lawsuit explained: “Once Facebook captures … Continue reading “Instagram faces $500 billion lawsuit for gathering facial biometrics data without consent”

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  • Jul 23, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Top EU court sinks main framework for sending personal data across the Atlantic

The Privacy Shield framework for transferring personal data across the Atlantic was brought in to deal with a problem created by the EU’s GDPR. According to the latter, the personal data of European citizens can only be transferred to countries that offer “adequate” data protection, equivalent to the GDPR. The Privacy Shield system was devised … Continue reading “Top EU court sinks main framework for sending personal data across the Atlantic”

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  • May 27, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Top EU data protection agency under pressure to act against Internet giants as GDPR turns 2 years old

A few weeks ago, this blog noted that there were questions hanging over the GDPR, not least the fact that no major fines had been issued against top Internet companies. The GDPR has just passed the two-year mark, and many have taken the opportunity to weigh in on this issue. For example, the data protection … Continue reading “Top EU data protection agency under pressure to act against Internet giants as GDPR turns 2 years old”

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