data privacy

European users will soon be able to pay a fee to opt out of all advertisements on Meta’s products. The subscription is being introduced in response to EU regulators’ concerns.

The social network has inaugurated its first European data center in Ireland to allay fears of potential privacy breaches and surveillance from China by moving European users’ data to the Old Continent.

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission officially approved a new agreement with the US to allow the transfer of personal data again across the Atlantic.

Mobile phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, inferred salaries, and other personal and private data of LinkedIn users have been stolen and put up for sale on the dark web, RestorePrivacy reports.