Data mining

Insider Q&A: Data management CEO mulls state of data laws

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEJune 12, 2019 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So many people routinely give away sensitive information about themselves to use free digital services on their phones and computers that it even worries the leader of a major data-management company...

AP-NORC poll: Privacy debacle prompts social-media changes

By BARBARA ORTUTAYApril 24, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — If you've made changes to how you use social media since Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle, you're not alone...

The Latest: Reddit says it banned 944 suspicious accounts

April 11, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Facebook's privacy scandal and Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony (all times local):...

Trib editorial: Restoring customers’ trust begins with Facebook

Tribune-ReviewApril 8, 2018 GMT

Some people are shocked — shocked! — to learn of Cambridge Analytica's questionable use of personal data from more than 50 million Facebook users to reportedly support the Trump campaign. And some pundits are urging Big Brother government to call in the regulatory gendarmes.

Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties

By JONATHAN LEMIREMarch 22, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing the connections between President Donald Trump's campaign and the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under fierce criticism over reports that it swiped the data of more than 50 million Facebook users to sway elections.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes for ‘major breach of trust’

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, DANICA KIRKA and GREGORY KATZMarch 22, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a "major breach of trust," admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm...