In Brief: Forty-four U.S. Attorneys General join to press Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’
This is part of growing opposition to the idea – which Facebook has so far ignored.
This is part of growing opposition to the idea – which Facebook has so far ignored.
Disqus Inc., the U.S. company which provides a forum and online tools for publishers, received notification from Norwegian data protection authority, Datailsynet that it was acting in violation of GDPR. The data authority found Disqus tracking, profiling and sharing data with third-party advertisers without legal basis. Disqus said it didn’t realize GDPR regulation applied, since Norway is not an EU member.
Complying with the regulator’s order to recheck ages of all its Italian users, the company identified more than 500K who were either confirmed younger than 13 or were determined likely to be under 16.
Salesforce has agreed to buy Troops.ai, which helps sales teams use CRM data without actually opening their CRM system. Modules include tools to update CRM records, send Slack notifications of changes in CRM data, and collaborate on deals using a hub within Slack. Troops.ai will be part of Salesforce’s Slack division when the deal closes some time this summer.