SnapChat announced last Thursday that its new platform, Snap Kit, is ready for third-party developers who wish to integrate SnapChat’s features into their app. The Snap Kit is available in four different integration options: the Creative Kit, Bitmoji Kit, Story Kit, and Login Kit. As an...
Facebook’s board of directors had reportedly broadened the charter of its audit committee to cover risk oversight responsibilities such as community safety, data privacy, and cybersecurity. However, it is said that the move was largely just a gesture to reassure shareholders that the tech giant takes...
Six employees of fitness device company FitBit were recently charged for possessing confidential trade information stolen from rival company Jawbone. According to an indictment filed last Thursday in a Northern California federal court, the employees obtained the stolen trade secrets after leaving Jawbone and were aware...
Forensic researchers revealed this week that Grayshift, the maker of an iPhone cracking tool, had already found a workaround for the new security measure implemented by Apple in the newest version of iOS. One expert said that the company had gone to great lengths to future...
A new kind of surveillance technology which raised privacy concerns was reportedly launched in China recently. The AI-driven technology is expected to be used to monitor the brainwaves of employees to help employers determine emotions such as anger, depression, or anxiety. While such information can be...
Facebook unveiled this week new policies and controls which seek to inform its users better about how they are targeted with advertising. The company says that starting July 2, advertisers will be required to disclose if they obtained information from a data broker that led...
As many as 19 cross-border complaints which may lead to investigations have already been filed against Google and Facebook after EU’s new privacy rules kicked in last May 25. EU’s top privacy enforcer Andrea Jelinek said that they are already looking into the complaints, but...
Data privacy protection expert Dylan Collins recently urged Australia to follow other countries in making laws that prevent the collection of kids data online. Collins, the CEO of kids digital media company TotallyAwesome, says that the internet was designed mostly for adults and majority of services...
Apple said this week that it will be changing a default setting on the iPhone to prevent it from being unlocked without the user’s authorization. In an official statement, the phone maker said that they are constantly strengthening the security protections in every product to protect...
Jason Morely, an Apple Health Team software engineer, said last week that the company’s has taken great efforts to make its newly launched Health Records API secure and respectful of the patient’s privacy. Morely says that Apple informs its users what it means to share that...