Data Collection

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How Facebook Ignored Security Warnings for 3 Years

April 20, 2018

The average social media user would be forgiven for thinking that Facebook’s data scandal had come seemingly out of nowhere. There were security warnings from industry experts dating as far back as 2013. Using one of the APIs, a loophole reported in 2015 allows hackers to gather millions of personal data from Facebook.

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The Happiest Place on Earth? Disney in Trouble Over Mobile Apps for Kids

August 10, 2017

Virtual version of ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ may not reflect that childlike innocence and joy. In fact, a lawsuit claims that Disney is ruthlessly gathering information through mobile apps for kids to target advertising and ‘other commercial purposes’.

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Bose Hit with Privacy Infringement Claim

April 25, 2017

A customer filed a privacy infringement claim on Bose, claiming that the Bose Connect app is quietly gathering data on his listening habits and onselling that information a data mining company.