insert_link Tech Made Simple Facebook Suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of Apps Over Improper Data Use Last week Facebook announced that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps as part of an ongoing investigation into improper data use on the part of third-party developers. The investigation is part of a broader effort the company embarked on last year in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, which involved a political consulting firm purchasing data on tens of millions of Facebook users that had […] todaySeptember 25, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Amazon’s Echo Dot for Kids is Not So Worry-Free Children’s data privacy advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday morning, calling for the federal agency to investigate the “Kids Edition” of Amazon’s Echo Dot smart speaker. The 96 page complaint was co-authored by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and co-signed by 17 other digital privacy and children’s rights organizations. “Amazon markets Echo Dot Kids as […] todayMay 13, 2019
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