The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed order to ban the online counselling service BetterHelp, Inc. The Commission aims at preventing the company from revealing consumers’ sensitive data to Facebook and others for targeted advertising. BetterHelp has been also required to pay $7.8 million for deceiving consumers by promising the protection of their sensitive...
According to the claim, some users received targeted ads via Facebook and Instagram while logged in to personal accounts. The ads were including sensitive data such as specific sexually transmitted diseases. The company has settled the case by agreeing with the FTC to a $1.5 million fine. Read more here
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University have discovered a new (very cheap) procedure to steal data via electromagnetic radiation. Read more on ZDNet
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