Data Privacy & Security Service
Issue 12
CYBERSECURITY NEWS Facebook’s Tracking of Non-Users Sparks Broader Privacy Concerns
Concerns over Cambridge Analytica ability to access privacy information from Facebook users has spark outrage. To compound the problem
the tracking. The end result is to push for legis- lation to require consent prior to data collection which is already being addressed by the Europe- an Union Law.
Facebook gets data on non-us- ers from people on its network and cookies. Facebook is being targeted be- cause of its popularity and size, but they are not forthcoming about the extent and reasons for
For more information, read: https://www.huffingtonpost. com/entry/facebook-track- ing-of-non-users-sparks-broad- er-privacy-concerns_us_5ad34f10e- 4b016a07e9d5871
Zuckerberg, Facing Facebook’s Worst CrisisYet
The reaction to the Cambridge Analytica disclo- sure over data has been severe. Unfortunately, Zuckerberg has not said much to acknowledge how the gathering of user data was fundamen- tal to the day-to-day operations of Facebook. As a result, more calls for regulation of Internet
companies like Facebook are being pursued by Washington and this issue is far from over. For further information, read: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/technology/ facebook-zuckerberg-data-privacy.html
YouTube Accused of Targeting Children with Ads, Violating Federal Privacy Law
A complaint by over 20 consumer advocacy groups was filed with the FCC alleging that You- Tube, using personal data, has been targeting children through their advertisements.This would be considered a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
For more information: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEduca- tion/2018/04/youtube_targeted_ads_coppa_com- plaint.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw
Android Apps Violate Children’s Privacy
UC Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute researchers determined over half of child-centered Adroid Apps from the Google Play Store may have violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Even apps that were certified as COPPA compli- ant under the US Federal Trade Commission’s
(FTC) Safe Harbor program, a COPPA Compli- ance certification program, were found to have potential COPPA violations.
Learn more here: http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/ content/new-study-reveals-android-apps-vio- late-childrens-privacy/education
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