Fahad HApr 25, 20181 min readTwitter updates TOS and privacy policy to comply with GDPRThe post, titled “Continuing Our Commitments to Privacy & Transparency,” comes in advance of the May 25, 2018, deadline for complying...
Fahad HApr 18, 20182 min readFacebook reopens review process for Instant Games & Messenger appsAfter hitting the pause button on app reviews following the Cambridge Analytica firestorm, Facebook has announced that it is reopening...
Fahad HApr 17, 20182 min readSenators introduce privacy ‘bill of rights’ to protect consumer dataEarlier this month, US Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a privacy “bill of rights” to...
Fahad HApr 17, 20181 min readMore companies announce GDPR compliance efforts as the deadline for enforcement loomsGDPR) — a sweeping set of European Union (EU) rules that govern the handling of EU citizens’ data — goes into effect, we’re seeing a...
Fahad HApr 11, 20182 min readFacebook confronts class action lawsuit on behalf of 70M usersYesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for more than five hours before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce...
Fahad HApr 10, 20182 min readDoes Cambridge Analytica have your info? Here’s how to checkAs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress about Cambridge Analytica exploiting user data, the...
Fahad HApr 9, 20183 min readFacebook announces election-based independent research initiative as part of its continuing hearts aToday, Facebook announced it had initiated a new independent research project seeking to determine social media’s impact on elections....
Fahad HApr 6, 20183 min readFacebook to require authorization and labeling on all political and ‘issue’ ads, verificCambridge Analytica misused Facebook user data. In a blog post Friday, Facebook executives Rob Goldman and Alex Himel announced several...
Fahad HApr 5, 20181 min read9 steps you can take now to get prepared for GDPRGDPR), time is running out. When the sweeping European Union (EU) legislation goes into effect on May 25, entities that process the data...
Fahad HApr 4, 20182 min readFacebook is now giving users the option to remove apps in bulkFacebook has rolled out a new option that allows users to remove apps in bulk from their profile settings. The new feature, which is...
Fahad HApr 4, 20182 min readFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next weekannounced Wednesday. Zuckerberg will face the committee on April 11. It’s the first of three potential hearings where he could face...
Fahad HMar 26, 20185 min readAll About the GDPRWhile deregulation has been a stateside trend over the past decade, the 28 members of the European Union are gearing up for a massive...
Fahad HMar 23, 20182 min readFacebook quietly removes ad filter to target users based on their relationship preferencesFacebook has quietly removed an ad filter that enabled advertisers to create campaigns targeting users based on their relationship...
Fahad HMar 21, 20181 min readTwitter chief information security officer reportedly exitingTwitter’s chief information security officer is reportedly leaving the company. According to The Verge, sources say Twitter Chief...
Fahad HMar 21, 20181 min readFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to address Cambridge Analytica data use within next 24 hoursFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be making a statement within the next 24 hours, after several days of silence since the company’s data...
Fahad HMar 21, 20182 min readFacebook chief security officer reportedly resigns amid data controversyFollowing Facebook’s suspension of Cambridge Analytica, the analytics firm charged with exploiting Facebook user data, the social...
Fahad HFeb 20, 20181 min readBelgian court to fine Facebook up to $125 million if it doesn’t comply with latest privacy rulordered Facebook to stop tracking people without their consent and to delete all the data on non-Facebook users that it said was...
Fahad HJan 4, 20181 min readHow much will privacy regulation disrupt the local search market in 2018?Most marketing professionals don’t give much thought to the regulatory climate. In the US, unlike Europe, privacy laws are largely...
