Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed
The credit rating agency said it didn’t originally announce “potential” data points, like tax identification numbers, that “may have been […]
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Mixpanel analytics accidentally slurped up passwords
The passwords of some people using sites monitored by popular analytics provider Mixpanel were mistakenly pulled into its software. Until […]
Company to Link Clothes to a Blockchain
In a test due to begin this year, L.L. Bean plans to ship clothing with sewn-in sensors that send data […]
Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy
Commercial software is nearly flawless at telling the gender of white men, a new study says. But not so for […]
41% of Canadian companies had sensitive data exposed
Report estimates that almost 87 per cent per cent of Canadian companies suffered at least one successful breach Source: Study […]
Europe’s new data protection rules export privacy standards worldwide
Europe wants to conquer the world all over again. Only this time, its killer app isn’t steel or gunpowder. It’s an […]
US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High
In 2017, ITRC counted 1,579 U.S. breaches, up 45 percent from 2016. That doesn’t reflect every U.S. data breach last […]
Fairness and Accountability Design Needs for Algorithmic Support in High-Stakes Public Sector Decision-Making
Calls for heightened consideration of fairness and accountability in algorithmically-informed public decisions—like taxation, justice, and child protection—are now commonplace. How […]
Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens
China’s police have a new weapon in their surveillance arsenal: sunglasses with built-in facial recognition. According to reports from local […]
Seattle Pushes Forward as Data Privacy Leader
Seattle’s citywide privacy program is often recognized as a current leading effort among municipal governments to guard collected data, but […]
Swisscom data breach: 800,000 customers affected
Swisscom has revealed its customer data systems have been compromised and information belonging to roughly 800,000 customers has been stolen. […]
The Guardian view on internet privacy: it’s the psychology, stupid
The ease with which giant databases can be queried and cross-referenced makes privacy vanish on the internet Privacy is necessary […]