Security News

Facebook has filed patents to predict our future locations
2018-12-14 12:05

One such use would be to pre-stuff our devices with ads and other content before we wander into a Wi-Fi dead zone.

Facebook Fined $11.3M for Privacy Violations
2018-12-11 22:19

Italy's regulator found the social giant guilty of misleading consumers as to what it does with their data.

Facebook fined $11m for misleading users about how data will be used
2018-12-11 10:44

They said Facebook emphasizes the service being free, not that it's making big bucks off users' data. They ordered the company to apologize.

Facebook Defends Data Policies On Heels of Incriminating Internal Docs
2018-12-06 15:25

The company allegedly tried to hide away new policy changes that would collect Android app users' call and message logs.

Facebook staff’s private emails published by fake news inquiry
2018-12-06 12:50

The cache of seized Facebook documents show how Facebook whitelists certain companies so they can keep lapping up user data.

Emails Expose Sensitive Internal Facebook Discussions
2018-12-06 10:48

Material Gives Insight Into Company's Views on Data SecurityA batch of documents meant to be kept under court seal lay bare Facebook's strategic brokering of access to user data to reward partners...

Zuckerberg Defends Facebook in New Data Breach Controversy
2018-12-06 08:32

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday against emails showing the social media giant offering Netflix and other popular apps preferential access to people's data even after it had...

Facebook Emails Show How it Sought to Leverage User Data
2018-12-05 17:38

LONDON (AP) — A U.K. Parliament committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of cutting special deals with some advertisers to give them more access to data as it released 250 pages worth of documents...

Facebook Mulled Charging for Access to User Data
2018-11-30 06:07

Facebook on Wednesday said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network. Such a move would have been a major shift away from the policy of not selling Facebook...