The ride share company Didi, who elbowed Uber out of China has now been removed from the countries app stores and warned that it violated laws about data collection. The company has said that it would “strive to rectify any problems” and “protect users’ privacy and data security and prevent cybersecurity risks.” But the firestorm […]
Tag Archives: data
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Jun
Jun
According to the German automaker, over 3 million customers had their private data exposed over the course of two years between Audi and Volkswagen purchases made from 2014 to 2019. VW confirming the breach in a statement, “We recently discovered that an unauthorized third party obtained limited personal information received from or about customers and […]
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May
May
Ever wonder how the Internet stays connected, from country to country, continent to continent? The answer is a little simpler than you might think – thousands upon thousands of miles of fiber optic cable under the sea. An estimated 98% of all international internet traffic travels through them. In the last five years, Google, Amazon, […]
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Mar
Mar
Instagram is most likely to share your personal information with third parties for advertising purposes. The popular app shares data from 11 out of 14 categories with third parties, putting it ahead of Facebook, which interestingly shares fewer data with external advertisers. We’ve all experienced this: one second you’re watching a product review on YouTube […]