House panel to discuss Big Tech's impact on privacy, antitrust September 5, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...chs-impact-on-privacy-antitrust-idUSKCN1VQ1ZC
Indian Government May Allow Cos To Sell Non-Personal Data Of Its Users September 9, 2019 https://inc42.com/buzz/indian-government-may-allow-cos-to-sell-non-personal-data-of-its-users/
How big data can affect your bank account https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-big-affect-bank-account.html
Nearly every state AG has joined NY's Facebook antitrust investigation October 22, 2019 https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/22/facebook-antitrust-investigation-expands-attorneys-general/ Washington Post: Forty-six attorneys general have joined a New York-led antitrust investigation of Facebook
ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability November 6, 2019 https://blog.malwarebytes.com/priva...mprove-data-privacy-through-interoperability/
Study of over 11,000 online stores finds 'dark patterns' on 1,254 sites User interface dark patterns are becoming common on online stores November 11, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/user-interface-dark-patterns-are-becoming-common-on-online-stores/
Using RSS, I lurk this thread, among others, for its newsworthiness and a couple of comments hit the mark with me. zapjb in #2 But it's too late. As well, I don't believe we will soon have much of a choice anymore. mirimir in #49 Well, the smartphone market is basically a duopoly. So Android and iOS ought to be regulated as utilities. Yup. Not my only financial institution, but with one of the world's largest banks, I've had a savings account, a checking account and a Visa and a Master credit card for 28 years, half my adult life. About 15 years ago they went full online and I've since engaged in two to three dozen transactions a month using a hardened browser on an Ethernet/cable connected desktop PC. I recently found out that with an NFC phone and their Android or Apple app, if I have a Google Pay or Apple Pay "digital wallet" into which I would authorize (but not limited to) my ATM card number and online banking credentials, I can withdraw up to $1200 cash daily from their ATM machines How much with just my dinky EMV ATM card? $300. Get Google or Apple involved? $1200.
Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google's data collection November 30, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...igating-googles-data-collection-idUSKBN1Y40NX
Facebook in EU antitrust crosshairs over data collection December 2, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...crosshairs-over-data-collection-idUSKBN1Y625J
TurboTax Tricked Customers Into Paying to File Taxes. Now Several States Are Investigating It December 19, 2019 https://www.propublica.org/article/...ow-several-states-are-investigating-it#173777
Several Recent Investigations Show Just How Little We Understand About Big Tech’s Collection Of Personal Data December 27, 2019 https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/27/big-tech-big-data-ignorance-bliss/
