Uber fined £385,000 for data breach affecting millions of passengers
Uber’s European operation has been fined £385,000 for a data breach that affected almost 3 million British users, the Information […]
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E-commerce is winning as most Americans now trust online business with their data
Despite conflicting opinions about online privacy, customers choose to shop with companies that take reasonable security precautions. Most Americans are […]
Cathay Pacific case shows data breach reporting challenges
Multinational companies experiencing a major data breach face significant challenges in co-ordinating co-operation with investigating authorities around the world. The […]
Amazon hit with major data breach
Amazon has suffered a major data breach that caused customer names and email addresses to be disclosed on its website, […]
A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and 2FA codes
A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor […]
Facebook May Face 100M Euro Lawsuit Over Privacy Breach
A French nongovernmental organization wants Facebook Inc. to pay 100 million euros ($113 million) and fix any problems stemming from […]
Massive Data Leaks Keep Happening Because Big Companies Can Afford to Lose Your Data
If you live in the United States, there’s almost a 50 percent chance your personal data was lost in the […]
Romania uses EU data protection law to silence journalists
An award-winning journalism outlet in Romania is being threatened with fines by the country’s data protection authorities – for having […]
ICO publishes report on use of data analytics in political campaigns
UK’s data protection authority ICO has published a report to Parliament that brings the various strands of its investigation up to date. […]
Data Breaches Compromised 4.5 Billion Records in First Half of 2018
Gemalto released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, a global database of public data breaches, revealing 945 data […]
Will Google+ be the final push US Congress needs to pass restrictions on data use?
Congress held a hearing a few weeks ago in response to news that Google kept secret a flaw that exposed […]
British Airways: data breach waters muddied
A recent statement issued by British Airways calls into question whether the data breach reported by the company last month […]