6 Simple Tips to Refresh your Online Privacy for Data Protection Day
Avast promotes privacy and data protection best practice on Data Protection Day
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PRAGUE, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ahead of International Data Protection Day on Thursday 28 January, Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy products, is calling on all online users to take back their privacy across their digital lifestyle.
The purpose of Data Protection Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. It s important to not be apathetic when it comes to online privacy and to regularly look at how you can stay in control over your privacy and the personal data you share online, including on social media and apps that many of us use every day, said Shane McNamee, Chief Privacy Officer at Avast.
January 16, 2021
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Messaging platform WhatsApp’s decision to delay its privacy update has received a mix response from users.
WhatsApp on Saturday announced that it will be delaying its controversial update to its privacy policy and terms of service by three months.
“We’re now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February 8,” WhatsApp said in a blog post.
While many users appreciated the decision to delay the privacy update, others expressed confusion about the delay on social media. “What about those who might have accepted your new privacy policy or data sharing policy notice? Will they now have an option to opt-out?” tweeted a user. “And so #WhatsApp has delayed the change by 3 months. Wonder what s going to change in 3 months! #privacy,” wrote another.
Facebook will pay $650 million and change its data privacy practices as part of a record-breaking settlement that will end a six-year legal battle over its alleged violations of an Illinois privacy law.
The social media application, Facebook is displayed on Apple’s App Store, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) A federal judge signaled Thursday that he will likely approve the largest known privacy settlement in U.S. history, despite arguments that the payout is far less than Facebook’s potential $47 billion in liability.
“The violations here did not extract a penny from the pockets of the victims, but this is real money that Facebook is paying to compensate them for the tangible privacy harms that they suffered,” U.S. District Judge James Donato said during a hearing on a motion for final approval of the deal.
Meanwhile, the update offers businesses the option to store and manage their chats with customers using Facebook s secure hosting infrastructure, reducing onboarding time and improving response rate.