Sentences with phrase «user privacy in»

In the paper, published Jan. 15, Greg Maxwell, Andrew Poelstra, Yannick Seurin and Pieter Wuille discuss and illustrate how the technology, which «bunches» multisig data together to reduce its size in a transaction, «could improve both performance and user privacy in Bitcoin.»

At the same time, it also maintains user privacy in an increasingly digital world.

Facebook is adjusting its approach to user privacy in the wake of the controversy, but it's unclear when the company will restart the medical research project, the company told ZDNet.

Apple CEO Tim Cook explained his company's commitment to protecting user privacy in his interview for Recode's «Revolution» TV special with MSNBC that will air tonight.

Mark Zuckerberg said the company has already taking many steps to address user privacy in recent years.

Mr. Zuckerberg, in a post Wednesday on Facebook, said the company has already taken many steps to address user privacy in recent years, but he said «we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.»

Zuckerberg, who rejected several suggestions that he might step down, has also said that he'll testify on the issue of user privacy in front of Congress.

The new complaint, EPIC said, charges that Facebook is threatening user privacy in violation of a consent order issued in a Facebook settlement with the FTC in 2011.

«Cloud computing user privacy in serious need of reform, scholars say.»

COO Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that the company doesn't look at matters of user privacy in terms of long - term damage to stock price or its business model.

Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Unfortunately for Sandberg, NPR's Steve Inskeep didn't abide by the rules of the room, instead pressing her on the company's power and its respect for users privacy in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Not exact matches

But sources told the Post that the partnership was being designed not to compromise users» privacy — that Google might, for example, share information about the codes used in the attack, but not about compromised data.

AT&T wants to use that data to build a digital advertising system that can rival those of Google and Facebook, but what protections will be in place for user privacy?

The move simplified the privacy deal Google strikes with its users — and improved its ability to track you no matter where in the Googleverse you go.

After parroting prepared remarks about the disclosure of Facebook's massive privacy breach, Moffat's Zuckerberg (in a plain brown T - shirt) petulantly declares his indifference to the unlawful exploitation of Facebook users» personal information.

Those include privacy enhancements that will stop companies from tracking users in the browser.

Bloomberg reports Google, which is already under pressure in Europe over privacy issues, has been asked to limit how it combines user data that can be used to find out personal preferences such as sexual orientation or marital status.

However, she said it was likely these privacy upgrades were already underway in preparation for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect in May and forces companies to offer E.U. users of such platforms more control over their data.

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Facebook, which has about 30 million active users in Germany out of a population of 80 million, has run a major advertising campaign in the country in recent weeks in an attempt to address concerns about privacy and control of personal data.

Moreover, the legislation limited the FCC's ability to protect user privacy from ISPs in the future.

A link it provided to a blog it said would contain «full details» took Scassa and the Canadian Press to another page that didn't mention the changes and instead listed users who specialize in privacy, articles on the topic and jobs open in the field.

Facebook said on Thursday a legal challenge against the way it transfers EU user data to the United States was «deeply flawed» and should not be referred to the EU's top court because ample privacy protections were already in place.

As far as privacy concerns go, the company says that once a credit or debit card is used to obtain an offer, the card in is encrypted and users can remove the stored info from their account whenever they like.

Google Glasses users ran into trouble time and again when those around them objected to the perceived invasion of privacy in unpredictably being on a video camera.

Facebook on Wednesday said it's moving to untangle its often bewildering array of privacy options, consolidating choices in one place on mobile devices, rather than sending users to some 20 different screens.

Users seeking privacy should use older versions of IE or Chrome, Firefox and Safari, and should adjust the tools, options, and preferences in favor of private browsing, cookie blocking, and anti-tracking.

He said the company is leading the way in «differential privacy,» a field that, in his words, «uses hashing, sub-sampling, and noise injection to enable this kind of crowdsourced learning while keeping the information of each individual user completely private.»

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Facebook is mulling a plan to sell its upcoming smart speakers internationally before launching them in the U.S., as American users and politicians have increased their focus on Facebook and user privacy, according to two people who have had discussions with the company about the devices.

This year's F8 comes amid backlash against Facebook over user privacy and election meddling, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from up to 87 million users was inappropriately obtained by a third party.

The move allows Apple to continue to operate in the country and according to the company, maintain user privacy.

Chris Arsenault, a venture - capitalist with iNovia Capital, a company with seven investments in the online - ad industry, says targeting technology can provide a better user experience than print or broadcast, despite concerns over privacy.

Data access is out, and user privacy is in.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced off with a room full of senators on Tuesday in what many believed would be a tough grilling about privacy in the wake of news that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained data about 87 million Facebook users.

Facebook is facing its worst privacy scandal in years following allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - affiliated data mining firm, used ill - gotten data from millions of users through an app to try to influence elections.

Facebook has faced recurring complaints that it disregards personal privacy in its zeal to vacuum up more sensitive data from users and sell more advertising.

(Zuckerberg also used a Wednesday conference call with reporters to insist that, contrary to a Reuters report, Facebook will extend GDPR - compliant privacy controls to users around the world, not just in the EU.)

However, in an October video interview for The New Yorker Festival, Snowden listed Facebook and Google as «dangerous services» users should avoid to protect their online privacy.

AggregateIQ is also under investigation by privacy commissioners in Ottawa, B.C. and the United Kingdom for its alleged role in the controversy that has engulfed Cambridge Analytica, which has been accused of improperly using private Facebook information from millions of users to influence voters and give the «Leave» side a win in the U.K.'s 2016 Brexit referendum.

Grindr later proceeded to publish a full statement, which included a defense that users are given the «option to post information about themselves including HIV status and last test date, and we make it clear in our privacy policy that if you choose to include this information in your profile, the information will also become public.»

Facebook already gives users the ability to control some of their data sharing in their privacy settings, but many users don't bother to adjust the settings or don't realize they can.

Zuckerberg faced tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media tools in the wake of reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

In a win for online privacy advocates but a blow to advertisers, a federal judge has ruled Google may have violated wiretapping laws by scanning and reviewing users» Gmails.

The New York Times recently gave a nice review to the German service, which in January said it had gained 500,000 new users in the wake of Instagram's big Facebookian privacy goof back in December.

Wehner added that the number of daily and monthly active users in Europe may be flat or down next quarter due to new privacy regulations, which could also impact revenue.

During a panel centering on issues of privacy and user data at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay, California, last week, Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick described Facebook, Amazon, and Google as examples of an entirely new breed of global company that, while offering products and services users love, fill those same users with reservations about how the companies operate.

Sheryl Sandberg acknowledged on the conference call they did lose a handful of advertisers as the privacy concerns were raised, related to the unauthorized use of Facebook user data in the 2016 presidential campaign.