Headline News Archive

2019

June

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• How e-commerce sites manipulate you. Sometimes, the methods are clearly deceptive, but often they walk a fine line between manipulation and persuasion: Think of the brightly colored button that encourages

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• Want the robocalls to stop? Congress does, too. A bipartisan bill introduced by House members would require phone carriers to offer screening technology to customers at no additional cost.

• Legisladores en EEUU quieren conocer el valor de los datos. Mientras el Congreso estadounidense tiene el ojo puesto sobre las grandes compañías de tecnología, dos senadores quieren obligar a que

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• Consumer Action advocating on robocall and scams prevention (Chinese). 所謂自動來電（robocall），是你平日從無往來的陌生者以語音通話方式透過你的住家電話或手機來電，其內容可説是千奇百怪、五花八門，有自稱是你的金融理財機構或社會安全局、聯邦國稅局，甚至是「恭喜」你中了某項大獎等等。

• Zuckerberg asks people to trust Facebook's new cryptocurrency. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally promised that his company's proposed new digital wallet, Calibra, and Libra cryptocurrency will not put peoples' money or

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• F.T.C. investigating YouTube for child privacy claims. The Federal Trade Commission is in the advanced stages of an investigation into YouTube’s handling of videos aimed at children, according to two

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• Lo que necesitas saber sobre libra, la criptomoneda de Facebook. Facebook y un consorcio de veintisiete socios presentaron “libra”, una nueva criptomoneda, este 18 de junio. Su meta: crear una nueva moneda global y

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• How to protect your DNA data before and after taking an at-home test. Mail-in genetic tests offer a wealth of information about your ancestry and insight into medical risks — in exchange for a lot of data. Here

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• Beware of personal data being stolen! Medical ID Theft costed over $10K to fix (Chinese). 醫療身分被盜竊，就像最近涉及近1200萬「Quest Diagnostics」客戶的資料外洩事件，要補救可能會使你花一大筆錢。

• Zuckerberg knew of ‘problematic’ privacy practices. Facebook Inc. uncovered emails that seem to show Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was aware of potentially problematic privacy practices at the company, the Wall Street

• Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong. Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the Internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts

• AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos. Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos that could undermine candidates and mislead voters during

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• Correos podrían mostrar que Zuckerberg sabía de prácticas dudosas de privacidad en Facebook: WSJ. Facebook Inc descubrió correos electrónicos que parecen mostrar una conexión del presidente ejecutivo Mark Zuckerberg con prácticas de

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• Travelers data compromised in a data breach of the US Customs (Chinese). 聯邦海關和邊境保護局(CBP)官員10日表示，旅客照片受到惡意網路攻擊，恐有外洩風險，引發外界擔憂聯邦官員擴大監控是否會損害美國民眾的隱私。

• Ring doorbells help police build surveillance network. While residential neighborhoods aren't usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell's popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks powered by Amazon and

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• Three ways to prevent identity theft and to protect personal information (Chinese). 【新唐人北京时间2019年06月08日讯】在美国，身份被盗用不仅会带来财务损失，也会影响个人信用。如果防范身份盗窃不发生在自己身上，银行业内人士建议三个步骤不可少。一起来了解。

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• Maine's strict new internet privacy protection. The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, would require internet service providers to ask for permission before they sell or share any of

• Quest Diagnostics: personal data breach of 12 million customers. Blood testing group Quest Diagnostics announced Monday that the personal information of 11.9 million patients has been breached, including Social Security numbers, financial information and medical

• 5 questions to ask about health apps. With thousands of apps available, it can be hard to figure out which ones are useful and safe. Here's what to look for.

• A financial checklist for your newly minted high school graduate. If you want to set your child up properly for college, work, military service and the years beyond, there are several things you ought to

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• Chase: Arbitration's ‘better' for consumers. Nope, say researchers. JPMorgan Chase is notifying more than 40 million credit card holders that from now on they’ll have to arbitrate any disputes, forgoing the option

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• U.S. requiring social media information from Visa applicants. Visa applicants to the United States are required to submit any information about social media accounts they have used in the past five years under

• A storm is brewing over big tech. Google and Amazon have thrived as American regulators largely kept their distance. That may be changing. Politicians on the right and left are decrying the

• Travelers are bombarded by scams like these. On foreign territory, we are more susceptible to deceptions. To help you spot the hoaxes, the Washington Post created a visual list with explanations

May

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• Mired In medical debt? Federal rule changes proposed for bill collectors. This month, the CFPB proposed a rule to frame what debt collectors are allowed to do when pursuing many types of overdue bills. The proposed