Kevin J. O’Brien reports: Data protection officials in Germany reopened an investigation into Facebook’s facial recognition technology Wednesday, saying the social networking giant was illegally compiling a vast photo database of users without their consent. The data protection commissioner in Hamburg, Johannes Caspar, said he had reopened his investigation, which he had suspended in June,…
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FTC Approves Final Settlement With Facebook
FTC cleared up another big case week – it finalized its settlement with Facebook. Despite receiving numerous comments on the proposed settlement, the Commission approved the final settlement without any changes: Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by telling them they could keep…
Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances to Users of Apple’s Safari Internet Browser
From the FTC: Google Inc. has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented to users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Internet browser that it would not place tracking “cookies” or serve targeted ads to those users, violating an earlier privacy settlement between the company and…
Creepy Quora erodes users’ privacy, reveals what you have read
Graham Cluley writes: Earlier this month, Quora made a decision which changes your privacy on the site. And they did it without asking your permission first. They decided to introduce “Views” – functionality which creepily reveals to others the articles you have been reading. In a trick presumably learnt from a chorus of other uncaring social networking…