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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

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And be used to pump out unwanted direct marketing or spam. Mass data scraping of personal information can constitute a reportable data breach in many jurisdictions.” They also warn scraped data can be used for unauthorised political or intelligence gathering purposes — including by foreign governments or intelligence agencies.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

The company expanded beyond Sweden to neighboring Nordic countries Norway, Finland and Denmark, with a headcount that had reached 120 employees. Instead of sending payment instructions in the post, the company had switched to email without considering that messages might go to spam or simply remain unread.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

The company expanded beyond Sweden to neighboring Nordic countries Norway, Finland and Denmark, with a headcount that had reached 120 employees. Instead of sending payment instructions in the post, the company had switched to email without considering that messages might go to spam or simply remain unread.

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Push it jumps to No. 1 on App Store promising a way to send push notifications to friends

TechCrunch

Amid today’s push for increased privacy, SMS-based growth mechanics are generally looked down upon after years of over-zealous app invite spamming became the norm. Canada, Bermuda, Ireland, and Norway, the firm says. Fortunately, however, Push it doesn’t auto-text your friends. It’s No. 1 in the U.S.,