User Privacy

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been sued by an Australian consumer watchdog over collecting user data without permission, Reuters reported Tuesday. What Happened: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) wants Facebook to pay an unspecified penalty for promoting a virtual private...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Senior Vice President Craig Federighi has hit out at the adtech industry ahead of the introduction of changes to iOS that would allow users to decline app tracking. What Happened: Federighi referred to online tracking as privacy’s “biggest challenge” in a...

A glitch with Twitter Inc.’s (NYSE: TWTR) platform allowed “Fleets” posted by users to be accessible long beyond the intended 24-hour expiry period, TechCrunch reports. What Happened: An app that interacted with Twitter’s back-end systems via developer API returned a list of...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is back on track for the global release of its disappearing tweets, according to a statement made by the company’s product chief Kayvon Beykpour, Reuters reports. What Happened: Talking about the glitches in a live statement, Beykpour clarified that some performance...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is pursuing lawsuits against certain app developers for infringement and violation of terms of service, the company's director of platform enforcement and litigation, Jessica Romera, announced Thursday.  What Happened: The social media platform said...