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Over 20 Advocacy Groups Complain To FTC That YouTube Is Violating Children’s Privacy Law By Sarah Perez, TECHCRUNCH April 9, 2018 https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/09/over-20-advocacy-groups-complain-to-ftc-that-youtube-is-violating-childrens-privacy-law/…
Apr 9, 2018YouTube Illegally Tracks Data On Kids, Groups Claim In FTC Complaint By Todd Spangler, VARIETY April 9, 2018 http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/youtube-children-data-illegal-tracks-ftc-1202747401/ Google’s YouTube for…
Apr 9, 2018YouTube Hit With Complaint By Child Advocacy Groups, Which Say It Illegally Targets Kids By Marco della Cava, USA TODAY April 9,…
Apr 9, 2018The Missing Billions Spent On Gasoline In California Each Year By Rob Nikolewski, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE April 8, 2018 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-california-gasoline-20180402-story.html California…
Apr 8, 2018Data Scandal Puts Facebook’s Business On Trial By Harper Neidig, THE HILL April 7, 2018 http://thehill.com/policy/technology/382038-data-scandal-puts-facebooks-business-on-trial The outcry surrounding the Cambridge Analytica…
Apr 7, 2018Trump Nominates Interim NHTSA Chief To Lead Agency By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS April 6, 2018 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2018/04/06/trump-nominates-heidi-king-lead-nhtsa/33605587/ Washington — Fifteen months…
Apr 6, 2018Facebook Declares Open Season On Russian Trolls By Richard Adhikari, ECOMMERCE TIMES April 5, 2018 https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85254.html Facebook has taken down more than…
Apr 5, 2018Facebook’s Facial Recognition Violates User Privacy, Watchdog Groups Plan To Tell FTC By Mike Snyder, USA TODAY April 5, 2018 https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85254.html Already…
Apr 5, 2018L.A.’s Water Pretensions By Joe Mathews, FOX AND HOUNDS DAILY April 2, 2018 L.A.’s Water Pretensions This time, “Chinatown” is fooling itself.…
Apr 2, 2018Amazon, Google May Want To Be A Fly On The Wall In Your Home, Patents Suggest By Jessica Vomiero, GLOBAL NEWS CANADA…
Apr 2, 2018Google And Amazon Patent Creepy SPY Systems That Use Cameras And Sensors In Your Home To Know Everything From Your Mood To…
Apr 2, 2018Lawsuit Claims CVS Unintentionally Revealed HIV Status Of 6,000 Customers By Carma Hassan, CNN April 1, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/health/cvs-lawsuit-hiv-status-customers/index.html CVS Health is being…
Apr 1, 2018Hey, Alexa, What Can You Hear? And What Will You Do With It? By Sapna Maheshwari, THE NEW YORK TIMES April 1,…
Apr 1, 2018Tesla: Autopilot Was On During Crash ‘We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other crash.’…
Apr 1, 2018Amazon, Google Patent Applications Hint At Devices Listening More By Staff Reporters, CBS NEWS April 1, 2018 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-google-patent-applications-devices-user-data-desires-interests/ A new report from…
Apr 1, 2018Uber Crash Sparks Talk Of Tighter Rules For Self-Driving Cars By Carolyn Said, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE March 31, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Uber-crash-sparks-talk-of-tighter-rules-for-12796638.php U.S.…
Mar 31, 2018Prescription Database Could Help Prevent Opioid Abuse, But State System Still Lags By Sammy Caiola, CAPITOL PUBLIC RADIO, SACRMENTO, CA March 30,…
Mar 30, 2018Lawsuit Claims CVS Revealed HIV Status Of Up To 6,000 People By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS March 29, 2018 https://nypost.com/2018/03/29/lawsuit-claims-cvs-revealed-hiv-status-of-up-to-6000-people/ DAYTON, Ohio…
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