Twitter’s online Help section has the following notice, posted yesterday: You trust us to be careful with your data, and because of that, we want to be open with you when we make a mistake. We have discovered that we were inadvertently collecting and sharing iOS location data with one of our trusted partners in…
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App Stores Remove Three Dating Apps After FTC Warns Operator about Potential COPPA, FTC Act Violations
Three dating apps have been removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store following allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the apps allowed children as young as 12 to access them and appeared to be in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC Act. In a recent…
Given Twitter’s failure to protect people from privacy violations and harassment, Congress should repeal Section 230
There’s been some grumbling in Congress about repealing or amending Section 230 of the CDA. If it is repealed, providers and platforms might no longer have immunity from lawsuits filed over content posted by third parties. Repealing Section 230 does not touch or weaken the First Amendment. What it would do is remove a get-out-jail-free…
Google adds option to auto-delete search and location history data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Following a year’s worth of privacy scandals and criticism for collecting users’ geo-location data, Google announced today plans to roll out a new feature that will let users auto-delete location, browsing, and search history data from their accounts after a certain period of time. The new feature is set to roll out…