Month: April 2018

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

It can be done but it’s not easy.

Source: www.propublica.org/article/how-to-wrestle-your-data-from-data-brokers-silicon-valley-and-cambridge-analytica

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

The money is part of $5.4 billion expected to be raised annually for road and bridge repairs and mass transit improvements through increases in the gas tax and vehicle fees approved last year by the Legislature and Brown.

Source: www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gas-tax-money-20180426-story.html

Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer David Slater has won his legal battle over that monkey selfie. A US appeals court ruled Monday that US copyright law doesn’t allow animals to file copyright infringement lawsuits. The decision, made by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, upheld a lower-court ruling that previously

Source: petapixel.com/2018/04/24/photographer-wins-monkey-selfie-copyright-case-court-slams-peta/

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes

Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance changes. It will ask people to review how Facebook applies data from the web to target them with ads, and surface the sensitive profile info they share. Facebook will also allow…

Source: techcrunch.com/2018/04/17/facebook-gdpr-changes/

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would continue requiring people to accept targeted ads as a condition of using its service, a stance that may help keep its business model largely intact despite a new European Union privacy law.

Source: www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu/facebook-says-users-must-accept-targeted-ads-even-under-new-eu-law-idUSKBN1HP0HB

Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It. — ProPublica

Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It. — ProPublica

Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It. — ProPublica

The makers of TurboTax and other online systems spent millions lobbying last year, much of it directed toward a bill that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.

Source: www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-free-simple-hr-block-intuit-lobbying-against-it