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Globe: Expect service interruption in Western Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 09:46 PM

The telco firm said its customers in Western Mindanao could temporarily be unable to use mobile data and broadband internet. Read more »

Privacy group says tech giants not delivering on political ads pledges

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 09:25 AM

Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google have failed to provide adequate transparency for global users around political advertising on their services, a privacy advocacy group said on Tuesday. Read more »

Facebook wins dismissal of investor lawsuit over privacy breach

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Sep 27 11:11 AM

US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California said the investors had failed to allege that Facebook or its executives knowingly made false statements that led to investor losses. Read more »

Google wins EU fight against worldwide 'right to be forgotten'

Catherine Kurzawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 06:51 AM

Google is not required to apply an EU "right to be forgotten" to its search engine domains outside Europe, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision.  Read more »

China’s Big Brother targets business

Alexandra Stevenson and Paul Mozur, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 23 08:04 AM

Beijing is increasingly amassing information now divided among various government agencies and industry associations and using it to grade businesses and the people who run them, according to state media, government documents and experts. Read more »

Zuckerberg sets talks in Washington on 'future regulation'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 09:18 AM

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was expected in Washington Thursday for private talks with policymakers as the leading social network faces a myriad of regulatory and legal issues. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Flow of people and cash between PH, Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 05:46 PM

As the Philippines and Singapore celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations, we take another closer look at the economic ties that bind the two countries. In this edition of Dissecting Data, Bruce Rodriguez drills down on the flow of people and money between Manila and the city-state.   Read more »

China data centers set to consume more power than Australia: report

Eva Xiao and Danni Zhu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 03:02 PM

Nearly three-quarters of the electricity used by data centers was sourced from coal in 2018, according to research by Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University -- emitting 99 million tons of carbon emissions. Read more »

Lending apps take control of borrowers' phones, complainants say

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 12:14 AM

Three Philippine online lending firms are charged with data privacy violations after borrowers complained their lending apps sent text messages on their own and took control of their phone cameras. Read more »

Google to pay $170M fine for collecting YouTube data from kids

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 05 07:11 AM

Google agreed Wednesday to pay $170 million to settle charges that it illegally collected and shared data from children on its YouTube video service, a deal critics said was too soft on the internet giant. Read more »

Chinese face-swapping app goes viral, sparks privacy concerns

Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Sep 02 03:12 PM

ZAO - a new Chinese app that lets users swap their faces with celebrities, sports stars or anyone else in a video clip - racked up millions of downloads on the weekend but swiftly drew fire over privacy issues. Read more »

Apple apologizes for listening to Siri talk, sets new rules

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 29 08:09 AM

Apple on Wednesday apologized for its digital assistant Siri sharing some of what it heard with quality control workers as it unveiled new rules for handling data from conversations. Read more »

Dissecting Data: PH offshore gaming operators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 04:13 PM

With China openly calling for a ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators targeting Chinese nationals, it's time to see what exactly the POGO industry has brought to the Philippines. The ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team breaks down the numbers in this edition of Dissecting Data. Read more »

4 ways Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google can be reined in

Steve Lohr, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 21 12:16 PM

There is no shortage of people arguing that America’s large technology companies — namely Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google — have gotten too big and too powerful. That has helped spur the scrutiny by the government officials. Read more »

Facebook tool lets users see which apps, websites tracked them

Mike Isaac, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 21 09:43 AM

The tool, Off-Facebook Activity, allows users to view the hundreds of sites and apps that share data and customer information with Facebook. They can disconnect the data from their account if they want. Read more »

Why using free public Wi-Fi for banking is a bad idea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 12:41 PM

A tech expert on Monday urged the public to refrain from using public Wi-Fi networks for banking transactions. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Remittance growth slows in June

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 05:15 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos grew 3.2 percent in the first half, according to central bank data. Warren de Guzman presents findings from ABS-CBN Data Analytics that there are troubling trends behind the numbers. Read more »

Consumers supporting US economy amid manufacturing slump

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 06:58 AM

American consumers appear to be carrying the US economy in their shopping carts as manufacturing slumps amid President Donald Trump's trade conflict with China, and financial signals warn of a possible recession. Read more »

Irish regulator queries Facebook on transcription of users' audio

Reuters
Posted at Aug 15 08:44 AM

The lead regulator of Facebook Inc in the European Union is seeking information on how the company handled data during the manual transcription of users' audio recordings, Ireland's Data Protection Commission said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Progress of 'Build, Build, Build'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 11:57 AM

ABS-CBN's Data Analytics team breaks down the impact of the delayed passage of the 2019 national budget to the 75 flagship projects under the government’s Build, Build, Build program. Read more »