Data privacy

Before suing NSO Group, Facebook allegedly sought their software to better spy on users

Eric Entrepreneurship ,

Facebook’s WhatsApp is in the midst of a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance outfit NSO Group. But before complaining about the company’s methods, Facebook seems to have wanted to use them for its own purposes, according to testimony from NSO founder Shalev Hulio. Last year brought news of an exploit that could be used to … Continue reading Before suing NSO Group, Facebook allegedly sought their software to better spy on users

Websites are (probably) making less money because of GDPR

Eric Entrepreneurship

The news: A new working paper suggests that websites are making less money because of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR). It’s the first study of how the European privacy law affects the revenue of online businesses. GDPR went into effect in May 2018. The authors analyzed data from web marketing service Adobe Analytics and … Continue reading Websites are (probably) making less money because of GDPR