addresses, 2 phone numbers, spouses name, parents names and in-laws names to populate on the Whitepages profile for me. I immediately felt violated and wanted to revoke Whitepage’s consent to my information.
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Category: Data Security
The Twitch Data Breach
Last week the Amazon-owned streaming platform, Twitch, was the victim of a massive data breach. During this breach, an anonymous user posted a 128GB file to a message board which undoubtedly contained sensitive information.
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China’s New Data Privacy Law
On August 20th, China passed the first national data privacy statute called Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (PIPL). This new bill is largely modeled after the European Union’s GDPR. This poses a lot of new obstacles for tech companies here in the United States as PIPL focuses on data collection and transfer both inside and outside of China.
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TikTok Investigation over Child data and Transfer concerns
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, TikTok’s lead data privacy regulator in the European Union, opened two investigations into TikTok regarding the processing of children’s personal data and transfers of personal data to China.
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The New Apple AirTag: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
With the release of new technology comes inherent risk, but this one is just too risky to sweep under the carpet. On April 30, 2021, Apple released their latest gadget, the AirTag. This tracking device is a little bit bigger than the size of a quarter and can easily be attached to keys, put in your wallet or slipped in your bag. That’s right. Slipped in your bag, potentially without your consent.
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Peloton’s poor protections
Unauthenticated access to User Data is a pretty big error. Peloton left an API exposed that did exactly that. Actually, they did so with at least three.
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Another One! Virginia’s New Data Privacy Law
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) which will take effect on January 1, 2023 – the patchwork of data laws is growing and will keep on growing
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Should you be concerned about your child’s data privacy?
With the rise of educational tools aimed at K-12 students and the lucrative sector attracting new entrants almost daily, data privacy has been front of mind for education activists, think tanks, and government officials alike. And with good reason, as the platforms are collecting massive amounts of data.
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3 things you need to know about online data privacy
Big Changes are coming: (1) data privacy is not a new concern and it will not pass with time, (2) governments are responding with laws, (3) users are responding with their voices and wallets
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Cyber Security is a Team Sport
Cyber Security is a team sport. And it doesn’t have to be a dull compliance ridden affair with death by
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