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Facebook suffered an attack on its computer network that exposed information about 50 million users.

Hackers took advantage of three separate vulnerabilities in Facebook’s software to steal tokens that allowed them to take over users’ accounts and harvest p…

Facebook confirmed it has suspended a Boston-based social media analytics firm while it investigates how it collects and shares public data.

Crimson Hexagon touts itself as one of the world’s leading providers of insights, drawn from public online data. The firm analyzes public Facebook data for clients, which include…

In a move that will have broad ramifications for any company that does business in the US, the California legislature has passed the nation’s strongest data privacy law.

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which takes full effect in 2020, will limit how big companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, among oth…

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Apple, which has used its commitment to consumer privacy to distance itself from its Silicon Valley rivals, doubled down on privacy and security with the latest version of its Mac desktop operating system, dubbed “Mojave.”

Apple Senior Vice President Craig Federighi said new data protections…

Companies that market themselves through email – practically every company in the world, that is – are scrambling to become compliant with a new European law that could cause major legal actions.

The General Data Protection Regulation (known by the acronym GDPR) is a new European law that takes effect on Friday, May…

Mark Zuckerberg confronted a series of tough, pointed questions from members of the European Parliament today, as the Facebook chief executive was asked to provide answers about the social media platform’s data collection practices.

The Silicon Valley executive once again apologized for not doing enough to protect user…

UPDATED with response from Amazon: When children talk to an Amazon Echo Dot for kids, who, exactly, is listening? Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) posed that question in a letter sent to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking how the online retail giant protects the privacy of children who use the smart…

Actress and activist Susan Sarandon has joined the growing list of celebrities and public figures abandoning Facebook in the wake of its privacy scandal.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress this week that there has been no “dramatic fall-off” of users after the Cambridge Analytica revelations. But there certainly have…

After a marathon five hours of testimony yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returned to Congress today to address another round of questions about privacy and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Oregon, opened the hearing calling Facebook an American success…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret for allowing an app to harvest the personal data of millions of its users and for reacting too slowly to respond to Russian interference during the 2016 election in formal remarks submitted to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Zuckerberg described Facebook as an i…

UPDATED with details about Senate testimony: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before House and Senate committees next week to answer questions about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, even as it disclosed today that the political consulting firm connected to President Donald Trump’s 2016 election might have…