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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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Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

September 25, 2019 0 Comments cnil, court of justice of the european union, EU, france, geoblocking, Google, google search, Law & order, Privacy, privacy watchdog, right to be forgotten, rtbf, search engines

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:55:04 +0000

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they’re European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XQWHqX4_TKA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

September 24, 2019 0 Comments apis, app developers, Cambridge Analytica, click injection, developers, facebook, fraud, graph api, jedimobi, lawsuits, lionmobi, mypersonality, Privacy, rankwave, rogue applications, Social networks, suspended apps, suspension

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:09:47 +0000

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SBAAxQd8xAE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Could EarEcho change the way we authenticate our phones?

September 23, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, earbuds, earecho, earphones, faceid, Machine Learning, Privacy, support vector machine

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:09:10 +0000

Researchers have discovered a way to use wireless earbuds as a biometric authentication system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uLNsYYCeWYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world

September 23, 2019 0 Comments AI, aigs, aigs index, Artificial intelligence, carnegie endowment for international peace, china, Cisco, facial recognition, Government security, government surveillance, hikvision, Huawei, IBM, Law & order, Machine Learning, nec, palantir, Privacy, smart cities, spying, steven feldstein, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:47:38 +0000

It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mWK0Hr3l6MU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Browser Guard combats privacy abuse, tracking, clickbait, and scammers

September 19, 2019 0 Comments ad blocking, browser, browser guard, browser safety, browser security, Browsers, control, extension, faster load times, malwarebytes, malwarebytes browser guard, Malwarebytes news, plugin, plugins, Privacy, tracker, trackers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:27:51 +0000

The free Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension combats privacy abuse, user tracking, clickbait, unwanted advertisements, and tech support scammers while offering granular control and faster browsing.

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CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Brave, Brave browser, business roundatble, california, California Consumer Privacy Act, center for democracy and technology, consumer privacy, consumer privacy law, Data privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EU, European Union, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Maine, montana, nevada, pay-for-privacy, Privacy, Purism, senator ron wyden, Technet, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Federal Trade Commission, Vermont

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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Researchers find 737 million medical images exposed on the internet

September 19, 2019 0 Comments data leak, data loss, dicom, GDPR, greenbone networks, healthcare, hipaa, medical, medical data, pacs, Privacy, security threats, unsecured database

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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Is $100 million enough to save the web from ads?

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Brave browser, browser privacy, coil, creative commons, firefox, grant for the web, Mozilla, online privacy, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:33:50 +0000

Mozilla, Creative Commons and Coil are teaming up to launch a $100m fund to drive out advertising and advocate privacy across the web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7IGQrwFwo98″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iPhone lockscreen bypass: iOS 13 tricked into showing your contacts

September 16, 2019 0 Comments Apple, bypass, iOS, iOS 13, iPhone, josé rodríguez, lock screen, lockscreen, Mobile, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:43:04 +0000

This time, José Rodríguez came up with a way to trick the iOS 13 beta into showing its address book without the need to unlock the screen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ItkiemPxojs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>