Weak account checks earn company $10.5 million privacy fine

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:28:03 +0000

The telecomms company violates the EU’s GDPR by allegedly failing to fully authenticate people phoning up to access their accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X_4Ifs4bgEs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Convicted murderer wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:42:42 +0000

Google must remove details of a convicted murderer from its search results in Europe following a German court ruling, it emerged last week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/47Q_Tu6HuIg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Pressure mounts for federal privacy law with second bill

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:03:37 +0000

Pressure is gathering for a federal privacy law in the US with the introduction of a second bill that would protect consumer data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ByE-W6V8KfQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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EU raises eyebrows at possible US encryption ban

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:26:33 +0000

EU officials have warned that they may not take kindly to a US encryption ban or insertion of crypto backdoor technology.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tEJpvShW5zc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft says it will honor California’s new privacy law across US

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:31:59 +0000

Microsoft said CCPA is good news, given the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy protection law at the federal level.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WyNVOQw0oyw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:36:10 +0000

It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dDDYjz1VwrY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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No federal privacy law will make it in the US this year, sources say

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:19:55 +0000

Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Pjj93Rj42bA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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What role does data destruction play in cybersecurity?

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:18:26 +0000

Organizations are keen to protect the personal data of their employees and customers from cyberattack. But what about the data they no longer need? We discuss why data destruction is just as important to cybersecurity as protection.

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CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:54:43 +0000

Should this proposed privacy law come into effect, if a company violates that law, you, your neighbor, and your family do not have the right to sue them.

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