Gizmodo

JUNE 4, 2021

TikTok quietly updated its privacy policy earlier this week in a way that allows the company to automatically collect extensive data on users in the United States—including data about their faces and their voice. Read more.

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The BBB provides recommendations on what to include in your business website's privacy policy.

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Gizmodo

MAY 10, 2021

After facing international backlash over impending updates to its privacy policy, WhatsApp has ever-so-slightly backtracked on the harsh consequences it initially planned for users who don’t accept them—but not entirely. Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 31, 2021

With its App Tracking Transparency policy launched in April, Apple overhauled its iPhone lineup’s privacy settings to give users more control over their data. That decision cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube an estimated $9.85 billion in lost revenue in the second half of this year, the Financial Times reports. Read more.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the US to notify users that the app might, in future, collect new types of biometric information including “faceprints and voiceprints.” The company’s privacy policy was updated on June 2nd, as spotted by TechCrunch. (An An archived version of the old policy can be read here.)

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

In a new statement posted on its website, WhatsApp says users won’t lose any functionality if they fail to accept its new privacy policy by May 15th. “No Although WhatsApp has relaxed the deadline for accepting the new policy, it’s still coming into force, sources with knowledge of WhatsApp’s plans confirmed to The Verge.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

At the start of January, WhatsApp announced a new privacy policy for non-EU users that allows their account data to be shared with the messaging app's owner, Facebook. The service has shared some information, such as phone numbers, with its parent since 2016, but there were fears that the new.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

After causing a huge virtual meltdown with the announcement of its new privacy policy, and then postponing the implementation of said policy due to online fury, WhatsApp has spent the last few weeks trying not to stir up trouble.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2021

Earlier this month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said that users would lose functionality over time if they didn’t accept its new privacy policy by May 15th. In a reversal, Facebook now says that plan has changed, and users who don’t accept the updated policy actually won’t see limited functionality ( via TNW ).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

WhatsApp has a new plan to explain its contentious privacy policy — the one that came under fire when users grew concerned the platform would share their messages with parent company Facebook. The new privacy policy primarily concerns messaging businesses on WhatsApp and what parts of your data those businesses have access to.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 15, 2021

After trying—and failing—to combat public outrage using a series of ostensibly well-intentioned tweets , WhatsApp announced on Friday that it would postpone its plans to implement a spate of controversial changes to its privacy policy. Read more.

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Gizmodo

MAY 19, 2021

The international uproar over WhatsApp’s new privacy policy got a jolt of energy this week, with a new letter reportedly from Indian authorities telling the company to walk back its changes to the platform—or else. Read more.

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Gizmodo

MAY 28, 2021

WhatsApp initially threatened to revoke core functions for users that refused to accept its controversial new privacy policy, only to walk back the severity of those consequences earlier this month amid international backlash , and now, it’s doing away with them altogether (for the time being, at least). Read more.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It included them in a new privacy policy and asked users to agree or not. WhatsApp’s policy for inactive users states that accounts are 'generally deleted after 120 days of inactivity.'" But WhatsApp didn't just make those changes. TechCrunch noted that users who don't agree will soon become non-users. "In

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Information Week

MAY 20, 2022

Panel discusses the potential for new federal law on data privacy and how it may speak to other matters of big tech accountability.

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Gizmodo

JULY 28, 2021

Earlier this spring, Google announced the development of a new safety section coming to the Play Store next year , and today Google is now following up with more details on the kind of information apps will be required to provide including new mandatory privacy policies. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JULY 6, 2021

Then last week came a privacy policy update… Read more. Ever since Audacity was acquired by tech conglomerate Muse Group in late April , fans of the free-to-use audio tool have been raising hell about some of the changes made to the software. First came plans to add telemetry capture. Then came a new contributor license agreement.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 3, 2022

Government-led data privacy and security consultations gave birth to new regulations over the past 6 months in China. Firms operating in China are looking for guidance on how to adjust their data-related policies as they need […].

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Beware of privacy policies that give security software developers user rights and access to Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 30, 2023

Countries enacting stricter regulations saw higher engagement rates, while open rates improved after Apple implemented its new privacy policy. The post Stringent Data Privacy Measures Leads to Better Email Engagement Rates appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Forrester IT

JANUARY 29, 2021

The recent uproar about WhatsApp’s changes to its privacy policy is a good reminder of that fact. I heard from CISOs who saw the discussions quickly morph from personal concerns about privacy to enterprise security concerns about using WhatsApp for business […].

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TechSpot

APRIL 12, 2024

If that weren't bad enough, the team was only able to find publicly accessible privacy policies. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania recently analyzed 100 non-federal acute care hospitals (those with an emergency room) across the country and found that a whopping 96 percent transmitted user information to third parties.

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Information Week

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

For all the talk we’re hearing from the US presidential candidates, a key issue, a national data privacy policy, is missing.

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Network World

JANUARY 30, 2017

WhatsApp's privacy policy change allowing Facebook to target advertising at its users has landed the company in a German court. Facebook acquired WhatsApp in October 2014 , but it wasn't until August 2016 that WhatsApp said it would modify its privacy policy to allow it to share lists of users' contacts with Facebook.

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With Brexit official as of January 31, the UK and the EU now have just 10 months to hammer out the policy details of their separation. In the meantime, rules — including those applicable to data privacy — will continue to apply as normal. However, Google isn’t waiting for the end of the transition period […].

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Network World

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Privacy groups have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Google is encroaching on user privacy through a policy change in June that allows it to combine personally-identifiable information with browsing data collected by its DoubleClick digital advertising service.

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Tech Republic Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The purpose of this Cloud Security Policy, written by Ray Fernandez for TechRepublic Premium, is to provide guidelines for secure and effective cloud computing operations that ensure the integrity and privacy of company-owned digital resources.

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Network World

AUGUST 29, 2016

Privacy groups in the U.S. have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that changes last week in WhatsApp’s terms and privacy policy breaks its previous promise that user data collected would not be used or disclosed for marketing purposes.

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Tech Republic Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The purpose of this Cloud Security Policy, written by Ray Fernandez for TechRepublic Premium, is to provide guidelines for secure and effective cloud computing operations that ensure the integrity and privacy of company-owned digital resources.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Over my (short) tenure covering digital privacy, I’ve seen my fair share of deeply shitty tech companies pulling deeply shitty stunts in attempts to profit off our personal data. Folks, I’m gonna be honest with you. Facebook is one of the names that comes up most frequently here, and that’s partially because their… Read more.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

This week, Google warned developers whose apps collect sensitive user data, but do not include a privacy policy, that their apps are at risk of removal from the Play Store on March 15.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Apps can be delisted for a variety of reasons, from relatively nefarious to benign causes. The report doesn't list reasons for any delisting. Read More.

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Network World

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Evernote has reversed proposed changes to its privacy policy that would allow employees to read user notes to help train machine learning algorithms. CEO Chris O’Neill said the company had “ messed up, in no uncertain terms.”

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 16, 2023

This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for the appropriate use of electronic communications. The post Electronic communication policy appeared first on TechRepublic.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2024

Changes to social expectations surrounding privacy have led to individuals wanting transparency and security from the entities that collect and process our data. In the US, 12 states have already signed comprehensive privacy laws, and eight have them in process.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Customers won't buy services or products from companies if they don't trust how their data will be used, Cisco found.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This week, Mozilla released a study chiding Google for flaws in its Android Play Store app privacy label system. The Firefox developer found many discrepancies between what app developers say on the Play Store and what's in each app or service's privacy policy. Read Entire Article

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