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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a privacy law passed in 2016 in the European Union. Its purpose is to adding more protection to individuals’ living in the EU. This change also affects any business or organization that collects data from anyone living in the European Union. Companies were given two years to Read More The post General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Private Search Engines appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has a market cap of $712 billion. Within Google’s range of products, there are seven with at least one billion users. In its privacy policy, the company outlines its broad and far-reaching data collection. The data collection extends to Google’s entire suite of products, meaning the amount of data the company Read More The post Data Privacy Concerns with Google – Hackernoon appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

DuckDuckGo is a private search engine. It is adamant about spreading privacy around the internet. However, there is one issue we discovered that raises privacy concerns. Your search terms, while they may be sent over your network in an encrypted form, show up in plain text in browsing history. DDG may work well for Read More The post DuckDuckGo’s Biggest Privacy Flaw appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

Twitter‘s stock is fell yesterday after Citron Research reported that, “Twitter will generate $400 million THIS YEAR, by just selling user data. Not advertising.” As a result, Citron added, Twitter is the social media company “most vulnerable to privacy regulation.” The news that Twitter is being included, along with Google and Facebook, in a Read More The post Twitter Is Most Vulnerable To Data Licensing Regulations appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

In the wake of the Facebook data privacy scandal, Apple has focused on its longtime commitment to privacy. Today Apple released a new iPad, intended to compete with Google and Microsoft’s tablets that hold the majority of the education market. People are hyper-focused on privacy right now, after Facebook received loads of negative press Read More The post Apple’s Latest iPad Release is Big On Privacy For Education appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

After negative press surrounding Facebook’s data practices broke, its stock price has taken big hits. Since the news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke 10 days ago, Facebook’s market value has lost about $90 billion. Facebook isn’t the only company that has seen big losses from privacy breaches. Equifax’s recent data breach cost the Read More The post Data Security & Privacy Are Vital For Businesses In All Industries appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

Facebook’s house of cards has taken yet another tumble today after Ars Technica revealed that Facebook tracks call and text message data from Android phones. The report originally claimed that Facebook did so without user consent, however the company released a statement that began with: “You may have seen some recent reports that Facebook has Read More The post Facebook May Have Consent, But Not Approval appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .