Facebook announced plans to curtail targeted advertising capabilities to minors in the coming weeks. Targeting categories for children under 18 will be limited to age, gender and location, with Facebook noting advocates indicated young people "may not be well equipped" to make decisions on opting ...

On June 15, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released the results of the “2020-21 Survey of Canadians on Privacy-Related Issues.” Between November and December 2020, a 14-minute random digit dialing telephone survey was administered to 1,502 Canadian residents 16 years or older. The ...

Facebook announced plans to curtail targeted advertising capabilities to minors in the coming weeks. Targeting categories for children under 18 will be limited to age, gender and location, with Facebook noting advocates indicated young people "may not be well equipped" to make decisions on opting ou...

Instant messaging platform WeChat temporarily suspended registration of new users in China as it works to “align with relevant laws and regulations,” Reuters reports. The upgrade is expected to be complete in early August, just before the National People’s Congress of China holds a third and final r...

Facebook introduced an initiative laying out requirements for developers with applications that access advanced permissions, Adweek reports. The Data Protection Assessment is a questionnaire asking developers how they protect, share and use platform data. "This is the next step among several initiat...