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Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses

May 31, 2023 0 Comments Business, cyber, financial, lapse, lapses, loans, New York, one-man, Security, update

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We take a look at a fine totalling millions aimed at financial services company OneMain.

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Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General

February 8, 2023 0 Comments app, developer, device, Mobile, monitoring, New York, news, nyag, Stalkerware

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We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line.

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Credit card fraud group member could get up to 30 years in jail

January 20, 2023 0 Comments card fraud, credit card, credit cards, New York, news, US

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We take a look at a New York based credit card fraud group, and see how the justice system is slowly taking it to task.

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Fashion brand SHEIN fined $1.9m for lying about data breach

October 17, 2022 0 Comments cover-up, data breach, data loss, GDPR compliance, New York, romwe, shein, zoetop

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:50:56 +0000

Is “pay a small fine and keep on trading” a sufficient penalty for letting a breach happen, impeding an investigation, and hiding the truth?

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Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

February 4, 2020 0 Comments @sunygenseeo, access, account hijacking, account suspension, apology, geneseo, impersonation, impersonation policy, isaiah kelly, mistake, mockery, New York, parody account, policy, Social networks, state university of new york, suny, twitter, university

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:11:48 +0000

Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student’s account to college administrators.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/THaPVg5m35Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments

January 27, 2020 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, legislation, malware, New York, new york senate, ransom payment, Ransomware, s7246, s7289, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:12:18 +0000

One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M15zqIhc3yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US

January 23, 2020 0 Comments ab 602, ab 730, Artificial intelligence, california, deep fakes accountability act, deepfake, deepfake report act, deepfakes, deepfakes laws, deepfakes legislation, deeptrace, election interference, gavin newsom, iogan act, maryland, massachusetts, national defense authorization act, ndaa, New York, nonconsensual deepfake pornography, nonconsensual pornorgraphy, revenge porn, rogue one, sag-aftra, screen actors guild‐american federation of television and radio artists, star wars, star wars: rogue one, Texas, virginia

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:59:05 +0000

In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy.

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Insurance data security laws skirt political turmoil

September 25, 2019 0 Comments anthem, california, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, connecticut, Data privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, data security, data security law, delaware, health insurance portability and accessibility, hipaa, insurance cybersecurity, insurance data security, insurance data security model law, Maine, mccarran ferguson act, michigan, Mississippi, model law, naic, national association of insurance commissioners, new hampshire, New York, new york department of financial services, nydfs, ohio, Privacy, south carolina, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:44:47 +0000

Across the United States, a unique approach to lawmaking has seen radical success in making data security a little bit stronger for one industry—insurance providers.

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Privacy

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YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online

September 6, 2019 0 Comments Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Coppa, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, New York, Organisations, Privacy, youtube

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:43:26 +0000

YouTube can’t track kids online anymore without their parents’ permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ObwzofWsMw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws

July 30, 2019 0 Comments Breach Notification, credit monitoring, data loss, Equifax, identity theft, Law & order, New York, Privacy, security threats, SHIELD Act

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:16:25 +0000

Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5ggPWpjbBQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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