TikTok has already faced several actions involving the privacy and security of children, who have always been one of the biggest demographic groups on the platform. A new FTC investigation has raised the issue again.
The DOJ argues that consumers are being shortchanged on privacy and security as a result of a monopoly, even though these are two of Apple's primary marketing points. One specific criticism is that the company has intentionally stifled cross-platform messaging.
In addition to five new state privacy laws, 2024 is expected to bring not only an amplified number of cyberattacks but also increasingly sophisticated attacks, including using emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), in what is a quickly and continuously evolving threat landscape.
A government investigation of Elon Musk's tenure as leader of Twitter has determined that there may be violations of a 2022 FTC order that required certain privacy and security measures be implemented.
We are at the stage where the most fundamental and basic controls on which all privacy and security programs rest to some extent, are at a risk of becoming illusory, outdated, not read and used by a great majority of relevant stakeholders. How can we apply more sophisticated approach and tools?
Balancing the need for privacy, security and profit is the defining debate of the internet age, impacting all of our lives. Each change to the way privacy and technology intersect needs to be examined on its own merits.
As Apple fends off a variety of antitrust probes, one of the chief arguments it has put forward centers on platform privacy and security. Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, is having none of it.
