How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)
Here’s what personal data is collected by Meta’s Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
TikTok Fined £12.7m For Illegally Processing Children’s Data
TikTok has been fined £12.7m for illegally processing the data of 1.4 million children under 13 who were using its platform without parental consent, Britain’s data watchdog said.
Here’s What You’re Actually Agreeing To When You Accept a Privacy Policy
Almost every new app or product that is connected to the internet forces you to accept a long, indecipherable privacy policy in order to use it. These documents outline the company’s data-collection practices. But what exactly are you agreeing to when you accept?
White House OSTP publishes report on privacy-preserving data sharing, analytics strategy
The U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report on a "National Strategy to Advance Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics."
Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined For Breaking The E.U.’s Data Privacy Law
Regulators in Ireland, where many tech giants have their European headquarters, have been criticized for not enforcing Europe’s data-protection law, once heralded as a global standard.
The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)
The United States doesn’t have a singular law that covers the privacy of all types of data. Instead, it has a mix of laws that go by acronyms like HIPAA, FCRA, FERPA, GLBA, ECPA, COPPA, and VPPA.
