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Frederike Kaltheuner thinks we may never be able to find out how much firms know about us
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users' data - trying to mend its damaged reputation - attention is focusing on the wider
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Image copyrightJump BikesUber users around the world may soon be able to hire electric bicycles through the app, after the ride-sharing firm bought US bike-hire firm Jump.
Based in New York, Jump allows riders to rent electric-powered "pedal assist" bikes via an online platform.
Its bikes are also dockless and do not need to be returned to a
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The research project drew on information about offenders' lifestyle and location
Durham police has been criticised by privacy campaigners over the "crude" data used in software to help process offenders.
The tool helped predict which people were likely to commit more
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Image copyrightGetty ImagesYouTube has been accused of violating child protection laws in the US, by a collection of 23 consumer, child safety and privacy advocacy groups.
The coalition has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that YouTube collects data from children aged under 13.
It said YouTube was "skirting the law
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