Microsoft’s $2B investment in Saudi Arabia potentially leads to user data sharing

Saudi authorities recently announced that Microsoft has made a $2 billion investment to construct a cloud storage facility in the kingdom. However, activists are raising concerns about the potential risks to users’ personal data. The announcement was made at the LEAP 2023 tech conference in Riyadh, where influential executives and Saudi officials gather, including those …

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Lawmakers alarmed as H&R Block shares taxpayers’ data with Meta

Three major tax preparation firms, H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer, have been accused of sharing highly sensitive information on millions of taxpayers with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, according to a report by a group of congressional Democrats. The lawmakers are calling for federal agencies, including the IRS, the Department of Justice, the Federal …

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Mark Zuckerberg Protects His Daughters’ Privacy in Instagram Post

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused controversy when he shared a Fourth of July family photo on Instagram, featuring his wife Priscilla Chan and their three daughters. However, the faces of their older daughters, Maxima and August, were obscured with emojis. In the photo, Zuckerberg can be seen wearing a US flag-themed cowboy hat, while Chan …

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