data privacy

How to turn off X/Twitter Grok AI training & data sharing

The social media platform automatically opts-in users to allow Grok to be trained on their posts.

Google Chief Privacy Officer Keith Enright to leave company this fall

Enright had been working at Google for 13 years, and when he leaves, his position will reportedly not be filled.

Roblox data leak exposes sensitive info of over 4,000 developers in the creative community

Reportedly, names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and physical addresses of attendees of several years of Roblox Developers Conferences were leaked.

Irish data protection authorities fine Meta more than $400 million over EU privacy laws

The Irish Data Protection Commission hit Meta with a fine of around $400 million USD after it found Facebook and Instagram in violation of EU privacy laws.

Google to limit cross-app ad tracking on Android

The move is similar to one made by Apple last year when it introduced App Tracking Transparency.

Over 400 million Facebook users' phone numbers exposed

It's a new record for terrible data privacy management! Congratulations, Facebook.

Zuckerberg laughs at Facebook's bad privacy record at F8

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly laughed at the company's poor privacy track record at the F8 2019 day one keynote.

Apple employee files complaint against U.S. Customs for asking to unlock company devices

Andreas Gal, an employee at Apple Inc., was stopped at SFO in December. Gal claims Border Patrol told him he didn't have the right to speak to a lawyer.

UPDATE: Facebook shared users' private messages

Facebook, the world's worst company, continues its awful treatment of user data. The latest report states that the company shared users' private messages with paying customers.