Libra, Fb’s world virtual forex plan, is fuzzy on privateness, watchdogs warn

Privateness commissioners from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia have put their names to a joint observation elevating considerations a few loss of readability from Fb over how knowledge coverage safeguards will likely be baked into its deliberate cryptocurrency challenge, Libra. Fb formally unveiled its…
Privacy commissioners from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia have put their names to a joint statement raising concerns about a lack of clarity from Facebook over how data protection safeguards will be baked into its planned cryptocurrency project, Libra. Facebook officially unveiled its…

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