Oculus’s handling of personal data is an ‘existential crisis’
Facebook is overhauling the Oculus privacy policy and terms of service as the company prepares to launch its first standalone VR headset. The change comes amid...
‘Smart’ vibrator company settles $3.75 million privacy lawsuit
Think twice about connecting those sex toys to the Internet: A vibrator company has agreed to pay up to $10,000 to U.S. customers who...
Vonvon CEO defends privacy practices of its ‘Most Used Words on Facebook’ app against critics
As the “What are your most used words on Facebook?” app became a viral phenomenon, people began asking about the company that created the wordcloud and...
Facebook’s planned customer-data change called ‘land grab’ by publishers
But game publisher fears a power grab by the social network.
HasOffers acknowledges privacy violation with Facebook user data
HasOffers chief sent an e-mail saying his firm has revised a service after it learned it violated Facebook policies.
What Microsoft will and won’t let you do with games on Xbox One
Here's how Microsoft's Xbox One consumer rights policies may affect you.
Microsoft tries to defuse privacy issues with new policies for Xbox One
Microsoft clarifies that you will be able to turn off its Kinect camera if you want to.
Some Facebook games no longer ask permission to access your profile information
Zynga, Kixeye, and Electronic Arts have worked a deal with Facebook to allow users to start playing their games without having to agree to any dialogue boxes.
Zynga launches PrivacyVille tool to gamify user privacy
Zynga is launching PrivacyVille today, a game-like tutorial that rewards players with game points for learning more about the social game company’s privacy practices....
Week in review: Apple’s daylight saving bug
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Apple fails to...