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Why European regulators are scrutinizing digital advertising auctions

by Kai Ryssdal and Daniel Shin
Jul 9, 2019
WSJ reporter Patience Haggin says this practice is being reviewed for possibly violating the European Union's recent data privacy regulation.
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Cash-back shopping savings, but at what price?

by Rachel del Valle
May 24, 2019
Between the tendency to spend what’s recouped and the surrender of personal data, it’s worth thinking about the quid pro quo.
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Big Tech is prepping for California's tough new privacy law

by Molly Wood
Apr 18, 2019
While some are planning for compliance, others keep fighting to weaken it.
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Will Facebook be able to reinvent itself as a leader in privacy?

by Andy Uhler
Mar 7, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is in the process of creating a "digital living room," where communications will be private and encrypted.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is in the process of creating a "digital living room," where communications will be private and encrypted.
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Data brokers are in the business of selling your online information

by Molly Wood
Mar 7, 2019
Hundreds of companies you've probably never heard of are making billions by selling your data.
A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at the Horizon Robotics exhibit during CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
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Do renters have the right to reject smart home technology?

by Molly Wood
Mar 5, 2019
Some tenants prefer to keep their apartments dumb.
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Yet another plan to save the media with technology

by Molly Wood
Feb 5, 2019
A new tech venture plans to let you, the reader, earn free articles by trading more data.
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Facebook seems to be doing everything wrong, but it's working for them...

by Molly Wood
Feb 1, 2019
Do people just not care about privacy after all?
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Trying to cut tech giants out of your life is even harder than you think

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2019
"You basically can't use the internet without interacting with them," Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill says.
Privacy and technology reporter Kashmir Hill tried to cut herself off from big tech companies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.
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Facebook has been paying teens for data. What could this mean for calls to regulate the company?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 30, 2019
... and for its credibility.
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