Aadhaar data leak: More than 200 Indian government websites expose citizens’ key personal details
The Aadhaar-issuing body, called the Unique Identification Authority of India, did not specify how or when the breach took place. […]
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Parker chatbot can tell you if you need to report a data breach
Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has used IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to create a chatbot that can help businesses […]
Consumer injury and the challenge of IoT data security
The FTC is hosting a workshop on “informational injury,” asking about the “qualitatively different types of injuries” consumers experience “from […]
Imgur confirms 1.7 million users hit by data breach
Image-sharing website Imgur has confirmed that the emails and passwords of 1.7 million users were compromised in 2014. Source: Imgur […]
How does your privacy program measure up?
As the calendar year comes to a close, many of us in the privacy field find ourselves tending to year-end […]
Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, admits helping Russia’s FSB
Three fellow co-defendants remain at large in Russia, unlikely to be extradited. Source: Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, […]
The weakest link in protecting privacy? Personal staff
In addition to establishing best practices, building trust with employees is key, too. Source: The weakest link in protecting privacy? […]
UK’s ICO offers guidance on security and breach reporting for eID and trust services
Businesses that provide services designed to show that electronic data is authentic and can be trusted have been issued with […]
Uber paid $100,000 to keep data breach secret
A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid […]
PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6 million TIO users
PayPal Holdings Inc. said Friday that personally identifiable information for roughly 1.6 million users has potentially been compromised at a […]
Mandatory data breach notification coming to Australia
Mandatory data breach notification (MDBN) becomes law in Australia on 22 February 2018. This is a high-impact development requiring businesses […]
Data breach law proposed by US Senate members
The new bill, called the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, was introduced in the wake of reports that Uber […]