Twitter Privacy Center for Data Protection|FinanceBrokerage
Twitter recently launched a new privacy center for data protection.
The resource will serve as a central place for everything that has something to do with the company’s privacy efforts.
At the same time, the company admitted that it still has some “room for improvement” in terms of data protection.
The Twitter Privacy Center aims to outline more clearly the company’s efforts to protect user information. In a tweet, the social media giant announced that it was updating its terms and privacy policy. The changes will then take effect starting January 1.
In a company blog post, the company said it believed companies should be accountable to the people. These companies, according to Twitter, should be responsible both in protecting data and explaining how they do it.
In April last year, Twitter also updated its privacy policy following the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Similar to Facebook, the Jack Dorsey-led company has also come under fire over data privacy.
Last October, it said it discovered users’ emails and numbers might have been used for advertising. A couple of months before this, the company admitted that it might have shared user data with some third parties.
Further, the announcement said that Twitter data protection would focus on three essential things. The first one is fixing and upgrading its older systems to support current users.
It would also build privacy into all new products that will see the launch. Lastly, the effort will emphasize accountability.
Twitter’s Dorsey Plans to Spend on South Africa
In related news, CEO Jack Dorsey announced on the platform that he plans to move to Africa for at least a part of 2020.
This announcement came after a three-week tour on the continent. He went to South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, sand Ghana, among other places.
While on it, Dorsey met with software developers, bitcoin entrepreneurs, and other active participants in the startup scene.
Dorsey will spend at least six months on the continent.
However, the timing of this trip could be tight. That’s because the US is nearing a presidential election year. And social media companies will almost certainly face scrutiny for their impact on politics.
According to one analyst, Dorsey’s absence from Twitter could be a “lingering concern” for investors.
Dorsey: CEO of Two Companies
The concern roots from the fact that Dorsey is focusing on bitcoin and not the social media platform, and he’s also the CEO of another company—Square.
Analysts have been skeptical about the long-term outlook of Dorsey’s two-company venture. In 2009, he founded Square, just three years after the social media platform.
He has led Square more than Twitter, in which he has come in and out of the executive role. In 2015, Dorsey became CEO of the company for the second time, holding the position until now.
One analyst said that the social media company could find itself “in the middle of the political firestorm” without Dorsey.
Another analyst said that he should either be a CEO or a traveler, but he could not be both.