Neowin News Feed for: Tos

Microsoft will soon use your LinkedIn data to train AI and serve better ads

Usama Jawad — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:30:01 +0000

LinkedIn has cautioned users about its upcoming ToS update which includes the use of your data to serve better ads and train AI models. Read more...

Anthropic bans OpenAI's access to Claude due to ToS violation

Usama Jawad — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:02:01 +0000

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI's access to the Claude API after learning that it was being misused in a way that violated its terms of service. Read more...

Generative AI is transforming our ability to understand licenses

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:24:01 +0000

Terms and licenses have long been hard to read for a lot of people. With generative AI, however, you can now get summaries of these documents and ask specific questions about your obligations. Read more...

Apple removes ad-free Instagram client from App Store following complaints from Meta

Usama Jawad — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:14:01 +0000

A third-party Instagram client has been removed from the App Store after raking in thousands of downloads in a few days. It offered an ad-free, customizable experience that Meta did not appreciate. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Facebook is taking legal action against ToS violators

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:34:01 +0000

Facebook is suing two individuals for abusing its services. Fatih Haltas is being sued in the U.K.'s High Court of Justice while Nikolay Holper will go before the federal court of San Francisco. Read more...

Lyrics website alleges that Google steals its content

Usama Jawad — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:46:01 +0000

Popular lyrics website Genius has alleged that Google steals content from its website and shows it directly in search results, which consequently means less viewership for the website. Read more...

UK ICO wants WhatsApp to give users more control over shared information

Paul Hill — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:22:01 +0000

The UK's information commissioner has provided an update on the WhatsApp data sharing situation. The data transfer from WhatsApp to Facebook is currently on hold and the ICO wants more user control. Read more...

UK's information commissioner responds to WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 06:44:01 +0000

The UK Information Commissioner has launched an investigation into the new WhatsApp privacy policy and ToS changes. It'll find out whether the changes are compliant with the Data Protection Act. Read more...

Windows Insider ToS to be updated, automatically opted in if you install the next build

Brad Sams — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has sent out an email saying that they will be updating the Terms of Service for the Windows Insider program and by installing the next release, you automatically accept the new terms. Read more...

New Xbox 360 TOU prevents people from suing Microsoft

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:51:18 +0000

The newly revised terms of use for owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console now prevents people who agree to the terms from filing lawsuits against Microsoft if any issues with the console come up. Read more...

Dropbox can legally sell all of your files [Update]

Christopher White — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:15:48 +0000

Dropbox, a popular tool used for sharing files between computers and friends, recently updated their Terms of Service. They attempted to reduce some of the tedious legalese in order to make it easier for normal... Read more...

AT&T once again loves Hulu, retracts new TOS

Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:07:27 +0000

AT&T has decided that once again it loves Hulu, Slingbox and other streaming media as it has removed the update from its TOS that Neowin reported last week. In a statement released by AT&T... Read more...

Why Facebook users must still be cautious

James Hall — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:05:40 +0000

It all started with an article in The Consumerist, which noted that a change to Facebook's Terms of Service had been instituted, seemingly on the sly*, that extended the company's access to your content essentially... Read more...