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A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows some companies are making progress in better protecting your data privacy – while others have a long way to go.–PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

Worst Tech Companies for Data Privacy<\/h3>\n

by Fox Van Allen for Techlicious<\/p>\n

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released its fourth annual \u201cWho Has Your Back?\u201d report on data privacy<\/a> today, revealing that private companies have made major strides in protecting consumers\u2019 data from wide-reaching government requests for data.<\/p>\n

The Who Has Your Back report awards companies stars for doing each of the following: requiring a warrant for content, telling users about government data requests, publishing transparency reports, publishing law enforcement guidelines, fighting for users\u2019 privacy in court and fighting for privacy rights in congress. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Yahoo, Twitter and Facebook all received a perfect score of 6 stars, a major improvement over last year’s EFF report.<\/p>\n

Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n

This excerpt appears with the permission of Techlicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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