The Transparency Problem According to Facebook, information of over 80 million users was used unethically by the now-defunct Cambridge Analytica. From a public statement in April, “In total, we believe the Facebook information of up ...
Activists have discovered that the Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department of the U.K., which is responsible for collecting taxes, has collected voice data on millions of people without due warning. The discovery was ...
The highly anticipated General Data Protection Law (GDPR) took effect on Friday. This new privacy law, developed by the European Union (EU), aims to protect internet users’ privacy in hopes that the data breach scandal ...
Cambridge Analytica, the consultant company accused of manipulating millions of Facebook users’ data for political purposes, announced on Wednesday it will shut down. But is Cambridge Analytica really shutting down or just rebranding as Emerdata? ...