Microsoft will take a charge of $425 million in the current quarter in anticipation of a fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission over alleged data privacy violations stemming from… Read More
Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data about individual users, to address concerns from privacy experts… Read More
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is one of the sponsors of bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring that coronavirus tracing apps protect consumer privacy. The Exposure Notification Privacy Act relates to automated… Read More
Hyperproof, a Northwest startup that helps companies comply with state and international privacy and data protection laws, has raised nearly $3 million from angel investors. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company launched… Read More
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and two other members of Congress are sounding an alarm over the prospect of using location data to track the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to… Read More
The founders of Seattle startup Tenta Browser want to help banish your digital doppelganger. Or least take control of it. People’s behavior online these days “is not just about sharing your… Read More
Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published an extensive report on the social giant’s privacy practices, this… Read More
Data privacy continues to be top of mind for companies all around the world, particularly as laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation go into effect this year. Now… Read More
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The fallout around data privacy scandals has put Facebook in a tough spot. After CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent two days testifying before Congress, what’s next? We dig into that question,… Read More
For many people, Facebook is the swiss army knife of their social lives. They use it to message friends, stay in touch with family, track social events, and keep up… Read More
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In the digital age, it’s hard to know which data about ourselves is really ours. Who is allowed to have data on your internet use? Your shopping habits? What about… Read More
Fellow tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Cisco have come out in support of Google’s resistance to hand over data stored overseas in response to an FBI warrant. The tech giants… Read More
Amazon has dropped its motion to protect audio recordings and other records for an Echo belonging to the suspect in a 2015 murder case in Arkansas. Amazon had argued that data from the… Read More
Newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moved to halt a key portion of the Obama administration’s internet privacy rules on Friday, asking the commission to block the rollout of broadband-specific… Read More
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back in the 90s, this time Microsoft is defending the rights… Read More
Microsoft has released a new “privacy dashboard” for Windows 10 that the company says will let users exercise greater control over their data. The dashboard, which Microsoft said it is launching… Read More