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Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK

March 2, 2020 0 Comments advertising, Android, data analytics, data loss, data slurping, facebook, grabby apps, iOS, Law & order, lawsuit, malicious sdks, Marketing, mobiburn, Mobile, mobile marketing, one audience, oneaudience, Privacy, profile slurping, profiles, rogue sdks, sdk, sdks, security threats, Social networks, software development kit, third party apps, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:52:59 +0000

Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cTLgFQQq3iM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

February 25, 2020 0 Comments chromebook, contacts, Coppa, data collection, docs, drive, edtech, education technology, g suite, g suite for education, geolocation, gmail, Google, google education, hector balderas, internet history, Law & order, lawsuit, minors, new mexico, parental consent, Privacy, search engine records, sheet, student data, students, unfair practices act, voice recordings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:22:04 +0000

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cvVZ0VW5JqY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details

February 17, 2020 0 Comments australia, bad reviews, fraudulent reviews, Google, google reviews, Law & order, lawsuit, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:02:28 +0000

A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4sEoG9Kawk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

February 7, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, CFAA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, DCMA, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, first amendment, Google, hiQ Labs, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Instagram, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

January 31, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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States sue over rules that allow release of 3D-printed gun blueprints

January 28, 2020 0 Comments 3d printed gun, 3d printing, firearms, ghost guns, gun legislation, gun regulation, Law & order, lawsuit

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:02:20 +0000

The government has flip-flopped, most recently proposing rules that would transfer regulation out of the hands of the State Department.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JxB-qrD61WI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

January 28, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, Venmo, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:21 +0000

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9Wtt8BCE-R8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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