U.K. Watchdog Gets Warrant to Search Cambridge Analytica
ICO plans to ‘execute the warrant shortly,’ regulator says Privacy watchdogs will ‘work together’ as U.K. probe continues The U.K.’s top privacy watchdog...
Facebook Still Allows Discriminatory Housing Ads, Despite Pledge To Crack Down: Lawsuit
Facebook continues to enable landlords and real estate brokers to post discriminatory housing ads, despite its promises to crack down on such practices in 2016, according to a new lawsuit. The social media platform...
How U.K. Is Taking on Tech Firms After Attacks: QuickTake Q&A
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May launched another assault on social media networks after seven people were killed and 48 injured in a terrorist rampage in London on June 3. May said the U.K. will...
UK watchdog wants disclosure rules for political ads on social media
The UK’s data protection agency will push for increased transparency into how personal data flows between digital platforms to ensure people being targeted for political advertising are able to understand why and how...
Beware the smart toaster: 18 tips for surviving the surveillance age
Weve come a long way since the web was just a fun place to share cat gifs now its a place mostly dedicated to finding and selling your personal info. Heres what you need...
The Facebook Privacy Setting That Doesnt Do Anything at All
Wrangling your Facebook privacy settings—fine-tuning what data friends, advertisers, and apps can access—is a slog. The menus are labyrinthine, the wording obtuse. And it turns out that one of them is completely pointless. In...
