Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:45:21 +0000
Of the 2,300 archiving systems looked at, 590 were accessible from the internet, exposing 24 million medical records from 52 countries.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0XCH8Caa0mg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:31:59 +0000
Dopo l’emissione di 450 milioni di dollari di multe in una settimana, assicurati di non essere il prossimo.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Pl8xFa-8Vkg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:24:53 +0000
A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lKGgZf-nQcM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is, in some ways, similar to Europe's GDPR. This rule, which goes into effect in 2020, gives individual users more ownership over their own data. Users can even refuse to allow companies to sell their online data. As the compliance deadline approaches, CSO Online contributor Maria Kolokov and senior editor Michael Nadeau discuss with Juliet how CCPA may shift business models, change online behavior and reveal where exactly our data has been. Some tech companies, like Google, are even trying to exempt themselves from regulation. Failure to adhere to the rule could be an "extinction level" event.
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:52:13 +0000
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0qhmDvOnAaI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:15:55 +0000
Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ygMZYoeBESk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:07:10 +0000
A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EyJdhSW2bqw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams! Categories: Tags: credit monitoringdata breachdata breach settlementEquifaxEUEuropean UnionFederal Trade Commissionfraudfraud preventionFTCgdprGeneral Data Protection Regulationidentity theftphishingscamssettlementsocial security numbers |
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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission hit Facebook with a $5 billion fine for mishandling user data. The fine comes after the FTC’s investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. On this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses the implications of this fine — and how Facebook may (or may not) change its practices.
Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| What do small, privacy-protective companies think about a federal data privacy law for the US? It turns out, they’re all for it. Here are some of their ideas for US data privacy legislation. Categories: Tags: AB 846AB 873BraveBrave browserCalifornia Consumer Privacy Actdata brokerData privacydata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationdigital bill of rightsDisconnectDuckDuckGoEuropean Unionfederal data privacy lawfederal data privacy legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGhosteryinternet service providerLavabitMainepreemptpreemptionprotonmailPurismright to accesssocial purpose companyUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationUS Senate Judiciary CommitteeVermontVivaldi |
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