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4:44pm, 7th May, 2019

Facebook executive meets with U.S. lawmakers to discuss privacy

With a multibillion-dollar settlement looming for Facebook over user privacy violations, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was meeting with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss legislation to protect users of the social network,...

Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions

9:02pm, 5th May, 2019

Business

Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions

Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India has ploughed through millions of Facebook Inc photos, status updates and other content posted since 2014.

U.S. lawmakers drafting privacy bill argue about pre-empting California

4:13pm, 1st May, 2019

Politics

U.S. lawmakers drafting privacy bill argue about pre-empting California

U.S. lawmakers drafting online privacy legislation zeroed in on a major point of contention on Wednesday of whether their federal law should pre-empt stringent regulations recently passed by California that could hurt corporate profits.

Facebook users care less about privacy than regulators

9:16pm, 25th April, 2019

Business

Facebook users care less about privacy than regulators

Facebook Inc is preparing for a record-setting fine from U.S. regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the looming penalty after the company added users and trounced profit expectations for the first quarter.

California AG endorses bill expanding consumer privacy protections

5:40pm, 25th February, 2019

US

California AG endorses bill expanding consumer privacy protections

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday endorsed a state bill that would expand the state's new privacy act to allow consumers to sue companies over their handling of personal data, despite months of tech lobbying against such a mov...

Google to acknowledge privacy mistakes as U.S. seeks input

7:07pm, 25th September, 2018

Politics

Google to acknowledge privacy mistakes as U.S. seeks input

Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made "mistakes" on privacy issues in testimony an executive of the Alphabet Inc unit will deliver to a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

U.S. Justice Dept meeting with state officials focuses on data privacy

5:01pm, 25th September, 2018

Politics

U.S. Justice Dept meeting with state officials focuses on data privacy

A U.S. Justice Department "listening session" with state attorneys general on Tuesday focused on protecting consumer privacy when big tech companies amass vast troves of data, but came to no immediate conclusions, three participants said after the me...

Trump administration working on consumer data privacy policy

5:24pm, 27th July, 2018

Politics

Trump administration working on consumer data privacy policy

The Trump administration is working to develop consumer data privacy policies, and the Commerce Department is meeting with big companies like Facebook Inc, Comcast Corp and Alphabet Inc as it looks to eventually seeing the policies enshrined in legis...

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Facebook executive meets with U.S. lawmakers to discuss privacy

Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions

U.S. lawmakers drafting privacy bill argue about pre-empting California

Facebook users care less about privacy than regulators

California AG endorses bill expanding consumer privacy protections

Google to acknowledge privacy mistakes as U.S. seeks input

U.S. Justice Dept meeting with state officials focuses on data privacy

Trump administration working on consumer data privacy policy

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