Instagram reported, Friday, a 10% user growth between December 2012 and January 2013, weeks after the company’s announcement of major modifications to its privacy policy and terms of service, which pushed the photo sharing service into a downward spiral last year. “Our community has grown by many millions of people since we wrote our original Terms of Service and Privacy Policy” wrote Instagram in an email today. There are now more than 90 million...
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s privacy policy received another criticism after a woman in Iceland became a victim of a cyber bullying on the website. According to the report from Euronews, Rhorlaud Agustsdottir sent repeated appeals to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to remove the hate post, but the social network giant did not act immediately. Agustsdottir said, “I would like to see examples of images that are okay for Facebook and those which are not. I’d like...
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A Facebook privacy notice has been doing rounds through status updates for the past few days. It’s a HOAX! This fake disclaimer in no way affects the terms of service or privacy policies that govern how your content is viewed on Facebook. The hoax message reads as follows: "Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless you state otherwise, anyone can infringe on your right to privacy once you post to this site. It...
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If you have a smartphone then you are familiar with getting new apps for it. Every time you install a new game or app you are asked for permissions. Do you read about the ‘access details’ the new app or game is getting from you? Do you know what kind of personal information can it have access to? Reading the privacy policies of apps you install in your smartphone is vital; just a few users actually...
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced changes on their privacy policies on January; one policy will replace over 60 policies. This new privacy policy facilitates Google to share the data it collects to its different services. Privacy watchdogs say Google is looking to more finely target advertising, and that’s the way they make money. The changes on the policy will affect users who are signed into Google. But this new privacy policy appears to violate the...
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