News

2019

February

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• States, consumer groups blast CFPB’s fintech protections. State attorneys general, consumer advocates, community activists, and banking regulators are criticizing proposed legal protections for banks and technology firms that develop “innovative” financial products. The protections would come from the Consumer Financial

• Can Washington keep watch over Facebook and others?. Experts say the government has to seize on the opportunity to send a message — to Facebook and its peers — that it hears consumers’ frustrations and is willing to challenge the tech industry

• Google failed to tell customers it put microphones in Nest security systems. The worst kind of microphone is a hidden microphone. Customers were caught off guard when Google announced its home security system, Nest Secure, would be able to act as an AI-powered Google Assistant after a

• Consumers still prefer paper bills, but can they make you go digital?. Paper may be vilified in green offices, but it’s still king at home when it comes to how we receive our bills.  Despite the digital revolution, most Americans prefer to get their

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• Password managers have a security flaw. But still use one.. A new study has identified security flaws in five of the most popular password managers.  Now for some counterintuitive advice: I still think you should use a password manager. Password managers are programs that

• Is your phone always low on battery and chewing through data?. A sneaky piece of advertising software may be responsible for driving up millions of Android users’ mobile data usage and wasting their device’s battery life, according to researchers at the technology company

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• With fitness trackers in the workplace, bosses can monitor your every step. Devices worn on employees’ bodies are an increasingly valuable source of workforce health intelligence for employers and insurance companies. It’s fueling a boom in the use of wrist-borne health and fitness monitors

• Facebook rompió las reglas y debería ser regulado, dicen legisladores británicos. Facebook violó intencionalmente la ley de privacidad y competencia de datos y debería, junto con otras grandes compañías tecnológicas, estar sujeta a un nuevo regulador para proteger

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• Some Equifax credit file locks have expired. Now what?. Those who took advantage of the Equifax offer may not realize that their free TrustedID Premier subscription ended on January 31. On that date, those Equifax credit reports were unlocked. Consumer advocates are urging people to

• Reporte: Facebook y FTC discuten multa millonaria. fallas de la red social relacionadas con la privacidad de sus usuarios, de acuerdo con... Facebook y la Comisión Federal de Comercio están negociando una multa “de miles de millones

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• New online services are like Priceline.com for home sellers. Many consumers are accustomed to entering a date and a place and having an instant array of options comparing costs for flights, hotels and car rentals. Two recently launched websites promise a similar experience for

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• A DNA testing company is working with the FBI. The move is sure to raise privacy concerns as law enforcement gains the ability to match DNA from crime scenes to a vast library of possible relatives.

• Dígale adiós a las filas en los negocios. Pronto las filas en los negocios para pagar serán cosa del pasado. Un año después de que Amazon abriese su primer local sin cajeros, startups y negocios de todo

• Target actualiza app que subía precios al entrar a tienda. Target ha actualizado su aplicación móvil después de que una televisora en Minneapolis reportara que los precios exhibidos en ella subían cuando los usuarios se acercaban a

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• How to stop robocalls and block numbers. Depending on your service, you may have access to Anonymous Call Rejection. Enter the magic number *77, and you will hear three beeps. Hang up, and any call that hides its number will be rejected. The

• Germany restricts Facebook’s data gathering. Germany’s competition authority has ruled that Facebook cannot gather personal data across platforms and websites unless users give permission from each individual site, a decision that could have wide-ranging implications on the company

• Are your children racking up mobile game charges?. At the heart of all of this are mobile games that persuade children — who are the most vulnerable — to buy virtual goods using their parents’ credit card accounts while they are playing.

• Regulador alemán falla contra Facebook por uso de datos. Las autoridades alemanas fallaron el jueves que Facebook no tiene permitido utilizar datos de los usuarios sin su consentimiento para otras aplicaciones y cibersitios con la idea de personalizar la publicidad, alegando que explota su

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• The least savory actors in the information economy. The debate over data privacy has Facebook and Google squinting into a harsh spotlight, while the least savory actors in the information economy have managed to stay offstage. That is no surprise, since hiding is

• Nuevo sistema biométrico de embarque en el Aeropuerto de Miami: reconocimiento facial. Sonría a la cámara y muestre su pasaporte: es la nueva forma de abordar vuelos internacionales en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.