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Meta hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over data privacy breaches
Meta failed to comply with the EU's warning about transferring users' data to US servers, and the f…
Pete Syme
Facebook overpaid the FTC by nearly $5 billion to 'protect Zuckerberg' and 'make his problems go away' after Cambridge Analytica scandal, shareholders claim
Facebook hasn't escaped the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal as shareholders allege a $5 billion "q…
Hannah Towey
How to find out if your data was exposed in an online breach - and how to protect yourself
Take these steps to find out if you were affected by a breach and protect your accounts if you were.
Aaron Holmes
Mark Zuckerberg will have to give a 6-hour deposition about Cambridge Analytica as part of a class-action lawsuit
The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2018 on behalf of California Facebook users and will depose Z…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
A federal judge accused Facebook of 'gaslighting' users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million
Facebook was sanctioned as part of a class action suit against the site for sharing user data with …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
A major telecom company that partners with AT&T and Verizon said hackers had access to its system for over 5 years, exposing billions of texts
Syniverse, which is used by companies like AT&T and Verizon, revealed that hackers had been inside …
Heather Schlitz
Facebook data breach continues more than a year after Cambridge Analytica
Data from Facebook continues to leak more than year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The soci…
Here’s why Wipro’s employees are manually scanning your Facebook posts
Facebook is tagging and bagging millions of posts and status updates — and it’s using humans to do …
How to check if your phone number was leaked in Facebook data breach of 533 million users
A massive Facebook data breach has leaked phone numbers, full names, locations, email address and o…
France fines Google a record $170 million for making it too difficult to opt out of cookies
The French watchdog also fined Facebook's holding company Meta €60 million (or around $68 million) …
Martin Coulter
Facebook in the crosshairs yet again – this time, India’s cybersecurity agency issues an advisory to Indian users
India’s cybersecurity agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an adviso…
Today’s top tech news: Another Facebook scandal, a new music streaming app and Flipkart’s grocery foray
This Tech Insider’s daily dose of tech news. This is everything that’s happening in tech that you …
How to find out in 2 easy steps if your data was exposed in an online breach
The website "Have I been pwned," can tell you if your email account or password has been compromise…
Natasha Dailey
WhatsApp might introduce fingerprint authentication — But should you really trust Facebook with your biometrics?
Most users that own a smartphone, use WhatsApp for all of their messaging requirements. The Faceboo…
India's three main surveillance projects NATGRID, CMS and NETRA have been directed to stop collecting data citing breach of privacy
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice today asking India’s central government to stop collecting…
Facebook is under investigation in the EU for its massive leak of 533 million people's data - and it could face a fine in the billions
Facebook could face a fine of up to 4% of its $86 billion global revenue if found responsible for b…
Aaron Holmes
OnePlus mishap exposes hundreds of customer emails
Instead of putting email IDs of customers in the "BCC" field, the company ended up copy-pasting …
Clubhouse users should assume they're being recorded, a data-privacy expert said, following a breach that sent conversations to another website
Over the weekend, Clubhouse was breached by an unknown user who streamed audio feeds to an external…
Grace Dean,Grace Kay
The UK privacy watchdog's ruling against Experian is a warning to data brokers that hoover up personal details
The ICO's enforcement notice against Experian over the way it shares consumers' details could signi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Judge approves $650 million settlement of Facebook privacy lawsuit linked to facial photo tagging
Facebook users claimed the company violated an Illinois law that prohibits a private entity from co…