Sentences with phrase «privacy after revelations»

Facebook is taking steps to protect users» privacy after revelations that Cambridge Analytica may have accessed information from up to 87 million users, leaving many users feeling «creepy» about using Facebook and social media.

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The issue of data privacy came to the fore after revelations in 2013 from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden of mass U.S. surveillance caused political outrage in Europe

Sundram, Cuomo's special advisor on the disabled, who headed a state reform commission after the Willowbrook revelations of abuse and neglect in the 1970's, says there are privacy issues that prevent surveillance cameras from being used routinely, but says they will be used as investigative tools during probes of alleged abuse.

Indeed, despite being EU members, Britain has been the subject of criticism within the EU for being seen as a «soft touch» on data protection, particularly following Edward Snowden's revelations on how the UK government allowed its intelligence agency, GCHQ, to monitor private communications («MEPs tighten up draft data privacy rules after Snowden revelations», http://www.theguardian.com 22 October 2013).

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Facebook's privacy practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, confirming in a statement the existence of a probe into the social network's activities after settling an earlier investigation with a consent decree in 2011.

Facebook's privacy practices have come under fire after revelations that a Trump - affiliated consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, got data on millions of Facebook users.

Facebook's privacy practices have come under fire after revelations that Cambridge Analytica got data on Facebook users, including information on friends of people who had downloaded a psychological quiz app, even though those friends hadn't given explicit consent to sharing.

But the problem for the government is that use of e2e encryption has been growing in recent years as awareness of both privacy risks and cyber security threats have stepped up, thanks to data breach scandal after data breach scandal, as well as revelations of the extent of government agencies» surveillance programs following the 2013 Snowden disclosures.

The tweet came after a bruising five - day period for Facebook that has seen regulators swarm and its stock price plunge following concerns over data privacy in the wake of revelations about Cambridge Analytica's misuse of user data.