On a more positive privacy note, Apple offered an easy-to-understand story that illustrated how its privacy controls can make a big difference.  Following the simple story of a dad taking his daughter to the park, Apple shows step-by-step how much data could be revealed by looking up the weather, checking a map, taking a photo, and other common actions — and how much of that sharing its privacy controls would prevent.

A convenient-for-Facebook secret arrangement previously made with the UK’s ICO resulted in the UK’s information commissioner’s refusal to answer whether Facebook completed a publicly promised app audit. This after Facebook was wrist-slapped with a meager £500,000 penalty and walked away with an unspecified amount of user data.