WASHINGTON (Reuters) – TikTok is under investigation for allegedly violating a settlement reached with U.S. authorities last year that resolved charges the popular app broke rules governing how children’s personal information is treated online. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, and […]
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Meet the private browsers Firefox Focus, DuckDuckGo and Brave are all similar, but with some important differences. Firefox Focus, available only for mobile devices like iPhones and Android smartphones, is bare-bones. You punch in a web address and, when done browsing, hit the trash icon to erase the session. Quitting […]
BATON ROUGE – Thursday, Jan. 28 marks International Data Privacy Day, which is a time when citizens around the world are reminded to keep their personal information secure. Experts recommend doing this by creating strong and unique passwords, only connecting to known WiFi networks, and remaining vigilant against suspicious emails. […]
H&M has been fined 35 million euros ($41.1 million) by a German watchdog after monitoring “several hundred employees” at its service center in Nuremberg, Germany. This is the second-largest fine levied against a single company over data breaches after the EU introduced new General Data Protection Regulation laws in 2018. […]