Articles about Data privacy

Brute-force attack linked Rec Room user phone numbers to online identities

Someone misused Rec Room’s friend-finder feature to match phone numbers to the user names of hundreds of thousands of players on the social gaming platform — assembling a database that connects their online identities directly to their real-world contact information. Read More

LinkedIn tops $5B in quarterly revenue for the first time, and its TikTok pivot is paying off

LinkedIn crossed $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, putting Microsoft’s 2016 acquisition on a $20 billion annual pace. Video ads on the professional network grew 30% as LinkedIn leans into short-form content. Read More

Microsoft sets aside $425M to help cover potential LinkedIn targeted advertising fine

Microsoft will take a charge of $425 million in the current quarter in anticipation of a fine from the Irish… Read More

Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash

Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see… Read More

Sen. Maria Cantwell co-sponsors bill to shield privacy in COVID-19 contact tracing

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is one of the sponsors of bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring that coronavirus tracing apps protect… Read More

Hyperproof raises nearly $3M to help companies maintain data and privacy compliance as remote work and telehealth soar

Hyperproof, a Northwest startup that helps companies comply with state and international privacy and data protection laws, has raised nearly… Read More

Rep. DelBene and other lawmakers voice privacy concerns over virus-tracking plans

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and two other members of Congress are sounding an alarm over the prospect of using location… Read More

Tenta Browser wants the public to reclaim their digital identities through encrypted browsing

The founders of Seattle startup Tenta Browser want to help banish your digital doppelganger. Or least take control of it. People’s… Read More

Facebook data-sharing partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants at the center of latest privacy scandal

Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published… Read More

Data privacy startup Prifender raises $5M to help companies stay compliant

Data privacy continues to be top of mind for companies all around the world, particularly as laws such as the… Read More

TLDR: How Europe’s new privacy law affects U.S. tech companies, Getaround expands to Seattle, ‘float’ above Seattle on the Space Needle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

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Week in Geek Podcast: What’s next for Facebook?

The fallout around data privacy scandals has put Facebook in a tough spot. After CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent two days… Read More

Geek on the Street: Will people keep using Facebook despite data privacy concerns?

For many people, Facebook is the swiss army knife of their social lives. They use it to message friends, stay… Read More

TLDR: Congress releases Zuckerberg’s testimony, ?ear-cleaning headphones, ?Elon Musk shows off SpaceX tool

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

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Why your ‘personal’ data is anything but: Q&A with Washington state’s first chief privacy officer

In the digital age, it’s hard to know which data about ourselves is really ours. Who is allowed to have… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft and Apple back Google in overseas data storage dispute

Fellow tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Cisco have come out in support of Google’s resistance to hand over data… Read More

Amazon hands over Alexa data in Arkansas hot tub murder case, but 1st Amendment questions remain

Amazon has dropped its motion to protect audio recordings and other records for an Echo belonging to the suspect in a 2015… Read More

FCC chairman seeks to block key portion of Obama administration’s internet privacy rules

Newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moved to halt a key portion of the Obama administration’s internet privacy rules on… Read More

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Week in Geek: Microsoft takes on the DOJ, inside Amazon’s giant post-holiday party, and more

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back… Read More

Microsoft’s new Windows 10 privacy protections aim to give people more control over their data

Microsoft has released a new “privacy dashboard” for Windows 10 that the company says will let users exercise greater control over… Read More