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Instagram will let users download copy of their data

It will help Facebook to comply with forthcoming European data privacy norms, General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).

Apr 12, 2018

Facebook data breach: Mark Zuckerberg admits to erring in not informing users

Mark Zuckerberg admits to Congress senate committee member Kamala Harris that blindly trusting Cambridge Analytica's words on deleting illegally stashed user data was a big mistake.

Apr 11, 2018

Project Building 8: Facebook planned collecting patient medical data from hospitals

The main idea behind Facebook's Building 8 project was to create customized health improvement recommendations for heart patients.

Apr 6, 2018

Facebook scans your messages, photos on Messenger app: How to encrypt chats

After being embroiled in the data theft scandal, Facebook is now in hot waters for scanning chats in the Messenger app.

Apr 5, 2018

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Cambridge Analytica accessed 87 million user profiles: Facebook brings stringent privacy guidelines

Taking note of the severity of the Cambridge Analytica data leak, Facebook has made it more stringent for third-party apps to access user profile information.

Apr 5, 2018

Creepy app uses WhatsApp data to reveal user's chatting, sleeping habits

A WhatsApp spy app called Chatwatch lets you track a person's chatting and sleeping habits by using the public online/offline feature.

Mar 30, 2018

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Cambridge Analytica data leak impact: Facebook user privacy settings get major revamp

Facebook has improved the accessibility to the user privacy settings. Now users have the option to download and delete the data.

Mar 29, 2018

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Now it's about lost privacy but the 'neuronic whips' will follow

What moral conclusions are to be drawn? How much of a Luddite resistance to invasive technology is possible and viable?

Mar 26, 2018

Elon Musk deletes SpaceX, Tesla Facebook pages following snarky Twitter exchange

Elon Musk joins WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton in the #deletefacebook uproar after deleting Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla.

Mar 24, 2018

Facebook data leaks: After apology, Zuckerberg to testify before US House committee

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee believes Mark Zuckerberg is the right witness to answer about the Cambridge Analytica's user-data leak scandal.

Mar 23, 2018

Delete Facebook, but it still tracks you: How to protect your data

In the wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal, users are rushing to delete their Facebook accounts, but that doesn't stop it from tracking you.

Mar 22, 2018

Zuckerberg owns up Facebook failure, promises Cambridge Analytica like-scandal won't recur

Besides initiating the forensic audit of Facebook to detect suspicious activity, Mark Zuckerberg chalks out security measures to end platform abuse by app developers.

Mar 22, 2018

Facebook privacy settings to prevent apps from mining your personal data

The alleged theft of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica has sparked a global movement urging users to delete their accounts on the social media platform.

Mar 21, 2018

WhatsApp co-founder wants you to delete Facebook amid social outcry

After Cambridge Analytica's alleged user data theft, Facebook has found itself in a legal, financial and PR nightmare.

Mar 21, 2018

Facebook autocomplete suggests NSFW results, shocks users

Typing 'video of' into Facebook search bar made some disturbing suggestions on Thursday, but the issue has since been resolved.

Mar 16, 2018

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