Companies can now receive certification for using fraud-reduction techniques, following the launch of a new auditing process from the UK’s Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS).
Google plans to ban ads from so-called payday lenders in its search results, in a move the company hopes will limit what it calls a “harmful” industry.
Facebook has launched its photo-sharing app in the EU and Canada after adapting its controversial facial-recognition software to work around each region’s privacy laws.
Facebook has lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who allege it “unlawfully” collected and stored users’ biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
A 10-year-old hacker has been awarded thousands of dollars for breaking into Instagram – a service he’s too young even to use.
The NHS has given the medical records of 1.6 million patients to Google’s AI technology DeepMind, according to a news report.
With hacks and data leaks grabbing more headlines each year, how do you avoid becoming the next data disaster? Christine Andrews, managing director of DQM GRC, looks at how companies can protect themselves and comply with new European GDPR legislation.
Adblock Plus has joined up with Flattr to create “Flattr Plus,” a system for web users who want to pay online content creators.
Uber has gone back in time in a publicity stunt protest over a a raft of new regulations in Australia.
Brazil’s five major operators have been asked by a judge in the state of Sergpipe to block WhatsApp for 72 hours because it did not hand over information in a criminal investigation.