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TikTok staff in China have access to user data

TikTok is spelling out to its European users that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about Chinese access to user information on the platform. [...]

Date: 15 Nov 2022 Tags: China, TikTok, privacymatters, Privacy policy, Europe, platform

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The Internet is becoming a payment model

In the future, the Internet will be a paid model - at least that is the opinion of the experts. The typical social networks of the modern era are leading the way, examples being Twitter, Tiktok and Facebook. [...]

Date: 30 Sep 2022 Tags: Internet, payment model, Meta, new model, revenue, user data

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DB Group sued for data-greedy smartphone app

Cookies are automatically placed on the cell phone during installation. Connections to third parties are then established in the background. This happens before the user even has these options to choose from. [...]

Date: 08 Sep 2022 Tags: DB Group, data-greedy, App, user data, personal data, data transmission

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Meta and Apple apparently passed on user data to criminals

According to media reports, there was a recent leak of sensitive user data. Both Apple and Meta were affected. Emergency requests were misused for this, but they were not genuine. [...]

Date: 09 May 2022 Tags: Meta, Apple, user data, criminals, hackers, privacy