The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's fine of Facebook for $5 billion is the largest ever global enforcement fine for privacy violations to date, and according to the IAPP Westin Research Center, is more than twice the total number of global privacy and data security regulatory fines in history. This ...

Facebook published this white paper covering the challenges of building portability products in a privacy-protective way while also helping keep competition vibrant amongst online services.(September 2019) Click To View (PDF)...

This article from Fortune looks at Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra, and the privacy implications associated with Libra, as well as their new subsidiary, Calibra, which will offer digital wallets for their cryptocurrency.  Click to View...

On October 3, 2017, the Irish High Court handed down this 129 page judgement agreeing with Schrems' view that the Irish Data Protection Commission has "well founded concerns" over U.S. surveillance of Facebook. The court will, on Oct. 11, determine questions that will be referred to the Court of Jus...

This article by Andrew Chin and Anne Klinefelter infers that Facebook appears to be using differential privacy-supporting technologies in its targeted advertising system without apparent loss of utility and highlights opportunities for recognition of the differential privacy standard as a best pract...