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DigitalTransformationTrends
EU Court Deals Another Blow to Mass Phone Data Collection

The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has ruled member states cannot indiscriminately retain mass phone data to prevent crime.

SocialMediaNews
Facebook To Change Data Retention Policies

As you may recall, late last month, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission announced that they had reached a settlement with regards to Facebook privacy. I won’t get into all of the details about that again, but it required Facebook…

IT Management
Wireless Carriers Keep Your “Private” Data For a Long, Long Time

When it comes to data retention, most of us know by now that there are multitudes of different people who hold on to your “private” data for various reasons. Of course, this is why your “private” data isn’t really “private”…

SearchNews
Yahoo Extends Search Record Retention

Search company Yahoo has announced a change in their data retention policy that is sure to hit the radar of many privacy advocates. The company says that it will extend the amount of time it holds on to user search…