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Should people be paid for sharing their personal data online?

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 14 11:24 AM

From tagging photos on Facebook to driving with Google Maps, people should join forces in "data unions" to demand payment for letting online tools collect their data, according to an economist advocating for radical reforms to improve society. Read more »

'Digital revolution' excluding the most vulnerable, world leaders told

Zoe Tabary, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 14 09:21 AM

Tech giants, once seen as engines of economic growth and a source of innovation, have come under fire on both sides of the Atlantic for allegedly misusing their power and for failing to protect their users' privacy. Read more »

Tech firms react to netizens' digital privacy concerns

Thomas Cabral and Jules Bonnard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 03:48 PM

A slew of tech entrepreneurs are bidding to turn growing consciousness about the problem into a money-making industry and many showcased their skills at this week's Web Summit in Lisbon. Read more »

Facebook executives planned 'switcharoo' on data policy change - court filings

Katie Paul and Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 07 07:17 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals while presenting the move to the general public as a boon for user privacy, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.   Read more »

US opens national security probe of Chinese-owned app TikTok: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 07:20 AM

The US government has opened a national security investigation into the Chinese-owned video app TikTok, the New York Times reported Friday. Read more »

Google wants safeguards for information in antitrust fight

Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 01 08:18 AM

In a petition filed Thursday in Texas state court of Travis County, Google, along with its parent company Alphabet, sought a protective order against Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, who is spearheading the multistate antitrust investigation into the company. Read more »

Philippines seeks Google's help vs abusive online lending

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 01:21 PM

At least 27 online lending companies have been shut as the NPC investigates consumer complaints, its commissioner, Mon Liboro, told ANC. Some 5,000 complaints have so far been filed. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Aug 09 03:47 AM

A US federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. Read more »

Twitter says it may have used user data for ads without permission

Reuters
Posted at Aug 07 12:02 PM

Twitter Inc said Tuesday it may have used data for personalized ads without a user's permission due to issues with the microblogging website's settings. Read more »