The way Facebook transfers people's data abroad from the EU is valid, according to an adviser to Europe's top courtThe opinion — which is not a ruling — centered on a tool called "standard contractual clauses" and elements of the EU-US Privacy Shield, a data-transfer pact between the two regions.
Airbnb scored a major victory as Europe's top court rules it's an online service and not a real estate agent in disguiseFrance's tourism association had complained that Airbnb hadn't complied with local property laws and that it should be regulated like an estate agent, potentially putting its business in the country at risk.
Facebook's support forum is overrun with scammers trying to defraud desperate users, and the company has ignored it for monthsThe issue means that some of Facebook's least technically literate and most vulnerable users risk being victimized by scammers all over again while looking for help after being hacked or suffering other issues.
Over 267 million Facebook users had their names, phone numbers, and profiles exposed thanks to a public database, according to a researcherBob Diachenko, a data-security researcher, traced the database back to Vietnam but could not identify exactly how the data had been accessed or what it was being used for.
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