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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday launched a fresh effort to quell the firestorm over the hijacking of personal data, unveiling new privacy tools and settings aiming to give users more control over how their information is shared. The new features follow fierce criticism of the social network giant after it was revealed that the personal data of tens of millions of users was harvested by a British firm linked to Donald Trump’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova warned Wednesday that data protection scandals such as that currently engulfing Facebook would become “very expensive” for companies from May under new EU regulations. “If some company tried this in Europe after May 2018, very likely this drastic sanction will be applied,” said Jourova, who is in charge of consumer and personal data protection, at the end of a visit to Washington. Facebook is […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google on Tuesday said it is adding three new undersea data cables as it continues to bulk up its ability to power cloud services around the world. The US internet behemoth has spent $30 billion improving its infrastructure during the past three years and “we’re not done yet,” according to cloud platform vice president Ben Treynor Sloss. Fast, reliable internet connections have become imperative as games, social networks, television, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Uber said Tuesday hackers compromised personal data from some 57 million riders and drivers in a breach kept hidden for a year. “None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it,” said a statement from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over at the ridesharing giant in August. Two members of the Uber information security team who “led the response” that included not alerting […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation involving the sale of Apple users’ personal data. Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals’ privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from police in southern Zhejiang province. Of the 22 suspects, 20 were employees of an Apple “domestic direct sales company and outsourcing company.” The suspects allegedly used an internal company […]
by Sébastien Blanc Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Do American authorities have the right to track a citizen via cell phone step by step, month after month? The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that it would consider the issue for the first time, pitting fundamental freedoms against the needs of police probes. The nation’s top court will take up a sensitive case on privacy rights that will determine the extent of law […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The 2013 hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for espionage and information warfare, as well as for profit. The breach, disclosed Wednesday, is the largest on record and comes just months after Yahoo disclosed a separate attack in 2014 affecting data from 500 million users. On the surface, the trove […]
