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Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning from Italy

Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency. The Italian GPDP said today it has

North Carolina-based The Climate Service raises $3.8 million for climate audits

With corporations across the world taking a closer look at the effects their operations have on global climate change, investors are backing a crop of software and services that are cropping up to pul

Facebook agrees to clearer T&Cs in Europe

Facebook has agreed to amend its terms and conditions under pressure from EU lawmakers. The new terms will make it plain that free access to its service is contingent on users’ data being used t

AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research project

Technology is the proverbial double-edged sword. And an experimental European research project is ensuring this axiom cuts very close to the industry’s bone indeed by applying machine learning t

Social media firms given a month to fix consumer rights issues in Europe

Facebook, Twitter and Google are under more pressure in Europe to comply with regional rules. The latest issue they find themselves on the hook for relates to complaints pertaining to a variety of con

Pokemon Go T&Cs strip users of legal rights

Players of Pokemon Go are not only giving up their right to act like sane human beings in public, as they walk around, zombie-esque, reaching into the phones held in front of their faces, they are als

Get popcorn and watch T&Cs for 30 apps being read aloud over 24 hours…

Terms and conditions suck, as we've said before. They are designed to be impenetrably unreadable to convince app users not to bother. The 'Click here to AGREE' button might as well have a giant cartoo

T&Cs Change Tracker Puts Shifting Small-Print In The Spotlight

As we've recently pointed out, here on TC, T&Cs suck. But what sucks even more than impenetrable, multi-clause legalese that no-one reads is the fact these unlovely documents can change without wa

The Back Office Developers

What are the 5 biggest tech employers in the world? I conducted a survey amongst some tech entrepreneurs and interestingly, almost everyone guessed wrong. Take a second and write down your top 5. I

Why America Needs To Start Educating Its Workforce Again

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/how-the-disciple-became-the-guru.jpg" /> Ask any old-time IBMer, and you will hear stories of IBM’s legendary workforce-development practic