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![Facebook Agrees to Pay $5 Billion Fine and Setup New Privacy Program for 20 Years](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today officially confirmed that Facebook has agreed to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine over privacy violations surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal....
![FTC Fines Facebook $5B, Adds Limited Oversight on Privacy](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
![Adult Sites Lack Privacy, Open the Door for Harassment and Tracking](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Third-party tracking is rampant on sites like Pornhub, with users' sexual preferences on full view.
![Firefox to pile on more native privacy features](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Mozilla is integrating its Lockwise password manager directly into the browser and expanding its support for the Have I Been Pwned website.
![FaceApp privacy panic sets internet alight](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
You grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify and adapt your image. Sounds scary.
![Bitdefender 2020 gives consumers privacy amid a rising criminal tide](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Bitdefender, the innovative cybersecurity solutions provider protecting 500 million machines worldwide, is proud to unveil Bitdefender 2020, its new cybersecurity line designed to give consumers...
![FaceApp privacy panic: Be careful which apps you use](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
The privacy panic over FaceApp, the selfie-editing mobile app that makes photo subjects younger, older or turns them into members of the opposite sex, has been overblown. The (overblown) issue...
![$5b privacy fine against Facebook seen as ‘chump change’](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
It's 200x greater than the largest fine ever for breaking a promise to improve privacy practices.
![Privacy Experts: Facebook’s $5B Fine Unlikely to Do Much](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
The FTC has levied its biggest fine ever against the social network, but it's unlikely to have much effect.
![$5 Billion US Fine Set for Facebook on Privacy Probe: Report](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
US regulators have approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network's privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. read more