French court rules that authorities can scan social media posts for evidence of tax evasion
With a few restrictions
The EU opens an investigation into Facebook's data collection practices
More legal headaches for the social media giant
New Facebook tool lets users easily transfer data to Google Photos
Arriving worldwide in the first half of 2020
EU court rules websites liable for secretly sending user data to Facebook
All the work is done by the Like API that many websites use
Facebook's $5 billion fine adds $10 billion to company's value
This isn't how punishment is meant to work
Google rolls out auto-deletion tools for your location history
Block Google from retaining your data
Microsoft used data analysis to discover why its employees were miserable
Do you spend a lot of hours in packed meetings?
Russia fines Facebook and Twitter $50 for refusing to store user data in the country
That'll hit their bottom line real hard
Taking that picture of a black hole required massive amounts of data
Stack and stacks of drives were needed
Epic Games says its store doesn't mine users' Steam data without permission
A lot of accusations have been thrown at the company
Facebook removes data-gathering Onavo VPN from Play Store
Six months after it was removed from the App Store
Several popular iPhone apps are quietly recording your screens
Occasionally exposing sensitive info such as credit card data
Apple stores some of its Russian users' data on local servers
The government might demand it be decrypted
Facebook has been paying people $20 per month for complete access to their phones
The social network has now shuttered its market research app for iOS
More cable users are consuming 1TB of data per month, face fines for exceeding caps
The number of terabyte users have almost doubled since last year
Most Facebook users aren't aware of the social network's targeted ad practices
Are you comfortable with Facebook compiling a list of your traits and interests?
Microsoft is testing a 'data bank' that gives users control over their personal information
View, control, and even monetize your data
Data vandals changed New York City to 'Jewtropolis' on Snapchat maps and others
OSM says the label was corrected 20 days ago, but Mapbox didn't update its data in a timely manner
How to Recover Data From a Corrupt ZIP File
As what may be the most common way to store and share multiple files, the ZIP file format is used by essentially everyone online. With that said, there's a good chance you'll eventually come across one that has been corrupted, but everything's not lost.
Encrypted flash drives: convenience and performance unmatched by the cloud
Read-only mode offers secure file transfers to untrusted devices
Kaspersky Lab is moving some operations to Switzerland as it looks to regain consumers' trust
The company is distancing itself from Russia
Instagram is rolling out their 'Data Download' tool to web users
You can now download everything you've shared with the platform
Facebook suspends second company for using Cambridge Analytica-style methods
Facebook is clamping down on data analysis firms