Sentences with phrase «users about data collection»

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Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from news outlets about whether he would testify before Congress about Facebook's collection and distribution of user data.

He said he was not familiar with so - called «shadow profiles,» which media reports have described as collections of data about users that they have no knowledge of or control over.

Much of the conversation about Big Data surrounds the topic of its actual collection, but unless both your internal and external users can easily consume data, it is worthlData surrounds the topic of its actual collection, but unless both your internal and external users can easily consume data, it is worthldata, it is worthless.

During the House committee hearing on Wednesday, Zuckerberg claimed not to know what «shadow profiles» are, even though this term has been used for years to describe Facebook's collection of data about people who don't use its services by harvesting the inboxes and smartphone contacts of active Facebook users.

The companies we evaluated also proved especially evasive about clearly advising users if and how they track users across the internet, whether it be deploying cookies to follow and collect data on individuals across websites and devices, or casting similar data - collection nets via widgets or plug - ins, like social media buttons, or via other types of web - tracking tools embedded on other websites.

Politicians from both sides of the aisle now are calling for Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify to Congress about his company's data - collection practices and how Russian operatives, as well as U.S. candidates» campaign operatives, instrumentalized the platform and wrongfully collected user data from Facebook to manipulate voters.

Questions about Cambridge Analytica's data collection resulted from news reports that an app created by a Cambridge University psychologist, Aleksandr Kogan, accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users.

This regulations set rules for how and when we can collect personal data from users on our website, so is now required by law to be transparent about the persona data we collect, also be relevant and limited to what is necessary for the intended purpose of collection, but, specially, gain consent from individuals before using it.

For its part, the EFF is still concerned about some of the user tracking and data collection that may occur on Amazon's servers, but that it is «generally satisfied with the privacy design of Silk.»

I'm most excited about Howey's user - submitted data collection, because there's too much (deliberate?)

If the User has questions about the data collection procedures or privacy policy of linked sites, please contact those sites directly.

The automatic collection of user location data from smartphones by tech companies, and the ability of law enforcement to access it via warrants will be discussed in Friday's AppleInsider podcast, with criminal defense attorney and former Apple employee T. Greg Doucette explaining how a recent report into the requests by Raleigh, N.C. police came about in the first place.

«It is important and noteworthy that browser companies are coming forward in their unique ways to provide privacy, and moreover educate users about the threats of privacy erosion through data tracking and collection,» he told LinuxInsider.

By May 25, tech companies operating in the European Union will have to adhere to a new set of data - collection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation, which is supposed to ensure that users are able to consent to the data that's being collected about them and that companies are clear about how that data is udata - collection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation, which is supposed to ensure that users are able to consent to the data that's being collected about them and that companies are clear about how that data is uData Protection Regulation, which is supposed to ensure that users are able to consent to the data that's being collected about them and that companies are clear about how that data is udata that's being collected about them and that companies are clear about how that data is udata is used.

Politicians from both sides of the aisle now are calling for Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify to Congress about his company's data - collection practices and how Russian operatives, as well as U.S. candidates» campaign operatives, instrumentalized the platform and wrongfully collected user data from Facebook to manipulate voters.

The social media giant is reeling from a privacy scandal over its data collection following allegations that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on about 87 million Facebook users to try to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.

They made suggestions about inclusivity, protecting users from manipulative attackers and limits on data collection.

Android users should be able to disable all collection of trackable identifiers by an app with a single switch, including data like phone numbers, IMEIs, information about the user's accounts.

Windows 10 users were concerned about data collection from day one, mostly because Microsoft refused to tell anyone...

Part regret, part explanation and part announcement of strategies to come, Zuckerberg's first comments since the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted sought to reinforce Facebook's reputation as a trustworthy social platform despite the unauthorized collection of the personal data of about 50 million users by a data analytics firm with ties to President Trump's campaign.

Google's current policies allow things like unnecessary data collection or sketchy ad injection to happen because users don't know about or understand the rules.

As part of the investigation, they're requesting all terms of use, privacy policy, and all other notifications Facebook users have received about data collection dating from 2013 to now, according to a person familiar with the matter.