User Privacy

Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) data center, operated by a local firm, has begun operations in the southwestern province of Guizhou, China, reported AppleInsider Thursday. What Happened: The data center will store consumer data of Apple’s Chinese customers, which according to local...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) is worried about how Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new privacy rule changes will impact its business, according to a report by The Information (via 9to5 Mac). What Happened: Alibaba invited half a dozen marketing industry...

Social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) on Wednesday reported first-quarter results that beat the average analyst estimate but warned that revenue growth could “significantly decelerate” later this year. What Happened: Facebook said in its earnings report that it continues to...

Legal documents released by “Fortnite” video game developer Epic Games Inc. revealed that a senior Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) engineer compared App Store’s defenses against malicious actors to “bringing a plastic butter knife to a gunfight,” the Financial Times...

Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new privacy tools centered on advertising face a challenge from a mechanism under testing in China, which was developed with the help of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG), the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. What Happened: P&G reportedly cooperated...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) does not plan to notify more than 530 million users whose personal information was leaked online in a massive data breach, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing a Facebook spokesman. What Happened: The social media company's spokesman said it was not confident on...

Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) is risking the wrath of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over exploring ways to skirt the iPhone maker’s new privacy rules that are expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks, the Financial Times reported Friday. What Happened: Snap, the parent of messaging app Snapchat,...

Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) in-car cameras for driver monitoring are a privacy concern, as per Consumer Reports. What Happened: The New York-based nonprofit member organization said that the safety benefits of driver monitoring through the cameras are undermined by privacy concerns. “If...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is warning Chinese app developers and tech companies not to circumvent its new privacy rules that are expected to roll out this spring, according to a report by the Financial Times. What Happened: The new feature will require apps to obtain permission from users before...

After having bitterly criticized Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming privacy updates to its iOS 14 operating system for months, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that his social media company will be “in a good position” when Apple enforces the rules....

Former Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) staffers have made revelations on how the social network giant will be impacted by the privacy changes Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to its smartphone operating system, CNBC reported Thursday. What Happened: A metric known as view-through conversations is at stake for...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said on Monday that it will show iPhone users prompts of its own to counter the privacy-oriented prompts Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to include in the smartphone’s iOS14 operating system.  What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led company said in a statement...

Private phone numbers of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) users are available through a bot on the rival Telegram messaging service for $20 a pop, Vice's Motherboard reported Monday. What Happened: The database contains information on 500 million Facebook users, a person advertising the service...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said Thursday that the company and its Irish unit have filed a lawsuit in Portugal against two people who they accuse of scraping user-profiles from its website. What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led company accused the unnamed defendants of violating its terms of service...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not holding back in its dispute with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) over recent changes to its policies around user privacy. What Happened: "We believe that this is a simple matter of standing up for our users," the iPhone maker said in response to full-page...