Facebook Privacy
Facebook's privacy checkup tool gets 4 new security features: Details here
The Privacy Checkup tool has been live since 2014 and the new version is rolling out globally this week
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US, allies ask Facebook for backdoor access to encrypted messages
Facebook would continue to work with authorities to strike a balance between privacy concerns and fighting crimes
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Facebook uses paid contractors to transcribe users' Messenger audio clips
Transcriptions done by humans raise bigger concerns because of the potential of rogue employees or contractors leaking details
Facebook agrees to pay $5 billion to resolve privacy violation claims
The deal is also unlikely to mollify critics in Congress and among privacy advocates who have called for accountability for Zuckerberg
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Why $5-bn fine is just the tip of the iceberg of Facebook's settlement woes
FTC will allege that Facebook misled users about how it used their phone numbers and even a facial recognition tool
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Facebook to pay civil penalty of $5 bn to settle allegations by US FTC
The fine will mark the largest civil penalty ever paid to the FTC
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PricewaterhouseCoopers cleared Facebook's privacy practices in leak period
Facebook has been under scrutiny from lawmakers across the world since disclosing that the personal information of 87 mn FB users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica
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