July 2018

Daily Digest 7/5/2018

Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 09:34

Daily Digest 7/5/2018 (Gutting antitrust law)

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Op-ed: Threatened with a ballot initiative, Californian lawmakers pass a ruinous data-privacy law (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 06:13

World Cup Fans in Russia like the perks of digital Fan ID badges, but concerns have been raised about data privacy (New York Times)

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How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What’s on Tonight (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 06:10

Privacy policies of tech giants 'still not GDPR-compliant'

Privacy policies from companies including Facebook, Google and Amazon don’t fully meet the requirements of th European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to the pan-European consumer group BEUC. An analysis of policies from 14 of the largest internet companies shows they use unclear language, claim “potentially problematic” rights, and provide insufficient information for users to judge what they are agreeing to.

Sinclair station sales risk new scrutiny as part of Tribune deal

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s bid to purchase Tribune Media hinges on spinning off TV stations to comply with US limits on broadcast ownership. Yet its proposals to sell stations from Pennsylvania to California are drawing fresh scrutiny as critics, including business rivals, say some of the transactions are designed to evade the ownership rules. In one case, two Texas stations are to be sold to a partner company that until recently was controlled by the estate of the mother of Sinclair’s controlling shareholders.

Facebook’s Political Rule Blocks Ads for Bush’s Beans, Singers Named Clinton (Bloomberg)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 17:16

The US won’t let China Mobile operate in the country, citing risk to national security (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 17:04

Sprint is majority owned by Japan’s SoftBank, which has worked with Huawei. Could that complicate merger w/T-Mobile (Vox)

Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 16:43

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