All Facebook articles – Page 7
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U.K. committee slams Facebook as chief visits Zuckerberg
Facebook behaves like a “digital gangster,” has deliberately broken privacy and competition law, and should be subject to statutory regulation urgently, according to a U.K. parliamentary report.
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ArticleGerman competition authorities take Facebook to task
Germany’s competition regulator has cited Facebook for forcing consumers to give blanket approval to the social media giant’s terms and conditions without being privy to how and how often their data is actually being shared.
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ArticleShutdown starts to pose new risks for businesses
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is increasingly a catalyst for new risks and tough choices for corporations.
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ArticleData-bungling Facebook has to earn back our trust
It was a tight race, but we are officially declaring Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the executive most in need of a compliance makeover in 2019.
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ArticleAsk Amii mailbag: How a bad economy might impact compliance
In the “Ask Amii” monthly mailbag, executive coach and former Chief Compliance Officer Amii Barnard-Bahn checks in on how compliance would fare if the economy goes south, lessons from Facebook’s tough year, and more.
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PremiumTop ethics and compliance failures of 2018
The biggest ethics and compliance failures of 2018 feature some big names, such as Wells Fargo, Danske Bank, and Tesla, and highlight some key lessons for compliance officers.
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MPs release ‘secret’ Facebook e-mails
The U.K.’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee has released 250 pages of e-mails that show Mark Zuckerberg and other senior executives at Facebook gave certain app developers special access to user data.
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ArticlePrivacy advocate Schrems foresees lax enforcement of GDPR
Speaking at the recent Compliance Week Europe conference in Amsterdam, leading privacy campaigner Max Schrems cast doubt on whether the newly enacted GDPR would have any teeth.
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ArticleTech companies push for national privacy framework
Commonalities among tech companies, when it comes to U.S. data privacy legislation, include a single-standard approach, elevating the FTC, and mandating a risk-based methodology.
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ArticleSpecial report: Data privacy
International and domestic legislators and regulators threaten an end of the self-regulation of consumer data.
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ArticleFirms follow Google trend in ending mandatory arbitration
No more mandatory arbitration for sexual assault claims. Companies are following Google’s example in the wake of recent scandals.
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U.K. data regulator slaps Facebook with maximum fine
Facebook has been hit with a £500,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office for serious breaches of data protection rules stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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HUD files housing discrimination complaint against Facebook
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a complaint against Facebook for “violating the Fair Housing Act by allowing landlords and home sellers to use its advertising platform to engage in housing discrimination.”
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Senators urge social media giants to block 3-D gun blueprints
A group of Senate Democrats is urging leading technology companies to ensure that the publication of 3-D gun printing materials, which violate their terms of service, is not allowed on their platforms.
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Consumer advocacy groups urge FTC to investigate Google, Facebook
Several consumer advocacy groups in the United States are urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate what they say are “misleading and manipulative tactics” by Google and Facebook in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Tech giants face first wave of GDPR complaints
Privacy advocates wasted no time filing numerous complaints against a handful of technology companies, including Facebook and Google, for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection regulation, which came into force May 25.
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Group wants unredacted privacy assessments from Facebook
A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit is seeking the release of unredacted Facebook privacy assessments from the Federal Trade Commission. The assessments were mandated under the terms of a 2011 consent order.
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Assessing Facebook’s many regulatory and compliance lessons
After a hectic week of Congressional testimony, there is a better understanding of Facebook’s data protection woes. There is also plenty of fodder for regulatory and compliance debates.
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Senators demand data use answers from Grindr
In response to media reports that the LGBTQ dating app Grindr shared information about users’ HIV statuses with third parties, Senators Edward J. Markey and Richard Blumenthal are demanding answers about the company’s data practices.
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What is the tone at Facebook and how far down does it go?
What does tone-at-the-top mean at an organization? Is it win at any (literally any) cost? If that really is the message, how long, then, before it permeates all the way through the organization? asks The Man From FCPA.