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India PM Modi app sparks social media furore

IndianPMNarendraModi'sofficialmobileapplicationhasbeencriticisedforsendingpersonaluserdatatoathirdpartywithouttheirconsent.Asecurityresearcherhadtweetedthatthea

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Facebook's privacy practices are under investigation, FTC confirms

Facebook’sprivacypracticesareunderinvestigationbytheUSFederalTradeCommissionfollowingaweekofscandalsandpublicoutrageoverthecompany’sfailuretoprotectthepersonali

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Apple, IBM chiefs call for more data oversight after Facebook breach

ExecutivesfromAppleIncandIBMCorphavecalledformoreoversightonhowpersonaldataisusedfollowingtheFacebookIncbreachthatsawroughly50millionusers’datamisusedbyconsulta

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New web security standard promises safer, faster browsing

It'ssafetosaythatwebsecuritycoulduseatune-upgiventhedelugeofmalwareattacksanddatabreaches.Thankfully,it'sabouttogetone.TheInternetEngineeringTaskForcehasapprove

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UK watchdog evaluates evidence from Cambridge Analytica

Britain’sinformationregulatorsaidSaturdayitwasassessingevidencegatheredfromaraidontheofficeofdataminingfirmCambridgeAnalytica,partofaninvestigationintoallegedmi

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Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry to Britons with newspaper apology ads

FacebookChiefExecutiveMarkZuckerbergapologizedtoBritonsonSundayovera“breachoftrust”,takingoutfullpageadvertisementsinBritishnewspapersafterapoliticalconsultancy

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The week Facebook's value plunged $58bn

Facebookendedtheweek$58bnlowerinvalueafteritshandlingofahistoricdatabreach.ItsfounderMarkZuckerbergapologisedfordatabreachesthataffected50millionusers.Theapolog

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Facebook gave data about 57bn friendships to academic

BeforeFacebooksuspendedAleksandrKoganfromitsplatformforthedataharvesting“scam”atthecentreoftheunfoldingCambridgeAnalyticascandal,thesocialmediacompanyenjoyedacl

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Investors, lawmakers, advertisers pressure Facebook over data breach

FacebookInccameunderfurtherpressurefromlawmakers,investors,advertisersandusersonThursday,thedayafterChiefExecutiveMarkZuckerbergadmittedthesocialmedianetworkmad

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Facebook lays out stricter rules to protect your social data

It'sbeenafewyearscoming,buttodayFacebookunveileditsstrategyforprotectinguserdataonitsplatform.Thebasicgist?Thecompanyisgoingtobemorecautiousabouthowdataisshared

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Facebook data concern at Commonwealth Games

VisitorsattheCommonwealthGamesinAustraliacouldhavetheirFacebookdataminedinexchangeforfreeandfastwifi,althoughauthoritiesThursdayinsistednoprivateorpersonalinfor

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Facebook's Zuckerberg admits mistakes, but no apology

Breakingfivedaysofsilence,FacebookCEOMarkZuckerbergadmittedmistakesandoutlinedstepstoprotectuserdatainlightofaprivacyscandalinvolvingaTrump-connecteddata-mining

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Zuckerberg: 'We made mistakes' over Cambridge Analytica scandal

FacebookfounderMarkZuckerberghasadmittedhiscompany"mademistakes"overtheallegedmisuseofusers'data.Thesocialmediagiant'schiefexecutivepostedalongstatementonhisFac

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How to protect your Facebook privacy – or delete yourself completely

IftherevelationsthatCambridgeAnalyticaacquiredtherecordsof50millionFacebookusershasyouwonderinghowtoprotectyourownpersonalinformation,youmayalreadyhavediscovere

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World's largest SSD capacity now stands at 100TB

Thatdidn'ttakelong--justamonthafterSamsungreleasedarecord-setting30TBSSD,arivalhasclaimedthethrone.NimbusDatahasunveiledtheExaDriveDC100,whichcrams100TBof3Dflas

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Facebook hires independent auditors to probe alleged data breach

Theworld'slargestsocialmediacompanyFacebooksaidMondaythatithashiredadigitalforensicsfirm,StrozFriedberg,toinvestigatetheallegedleakageofuserdataabusedfortheU.S.

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Facebook suffers biggest drop of stocks in 4 years amid data leak crisis

Theworld'slargestsocialmediacompanyFacebooksufferedthebiggestone-daydropofitsstocksbysevenpercentonWallStreetMondayinfouryearsfollowingareporteddataleakageofits