… 288 Security and privacy WhatsApp was initially criticized for its lack of encryption, sending information as plaintext . 290 Encryption was first added in May 2012. 291 292 293 End-to-end encryption was only fully implemented in April 2016 after a two-year process. …
… 198 In July 2024, Meta agreed to pay the state of Texas US$1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accusing the company of collecting users' biometric data without consent, setting a record for the largest privacy-related settlement ever obtained by a state atto… …
… They also stated that regarding data privacy, it was compliant with two frameworks for following Europe's General Data Protection Regulation GDPR , namely its ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management Standards and the ISO/IEC 27701 Privacy Information Management System. …
… "Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit" . …
… 459 Gamasutra ' s Simon Carless analyzed the lawsuit and observed that Valve's terms only apply the resale of Steam keys and not games themselves, and thus the lawsuit may be without merit. …
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… 193 Internet privacy, neutrality and anonymity Reddit users have been engaged in the defense of Internet privacy , net neutrality and Internet anonymity . …