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Lawmakers Question Education Department About Facebook Student Aid Tracking After Markup Investigation
Two Republican lawmakers said the department “has failed to protect the privacy of individuals seeking to further their education”
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Data Is Plural
Orphan Drugs, LGBTQI+ Elected Officials, Tornadoes ... and More
This week's roundup of notable data
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Gas Prices Are High—Does the Popular App Upside Save Money?
Turns out, it depends on who you are
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How We Built a Meta Pixel Inspector
The first large-scale, crowdsourced study that monitors how Meta tracks people across the internet
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Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You
The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook
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Why Is My Internet So Slow?
Small tubes good, big tubes better
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More Than 50 U.S. Gig Workers Murdered on the Job in Five Years
New report lists Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Grubhub worker victims, and the tally is likely even higher
Privacy
Following Markup Investigation, U.S. Regulators Questioned Life360’s Data Practices
The family safety company was approached by regulators about its data sales
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Can Chatrooms Replace Courtrooms?
Online dispute resolution systems have many problems, but supporters believe they are better than costly, slow courts
Privacy
Lawsuit Highlights How Little Control Brokers Have Over Location Data
The case suggests this loosely regulated industry can’t deliver on its promises of privacy
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