Your Roomba May Be Mapping Your Home, Collecting Data That Could Be Sold
iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba robotic vacuum, is considering selling the mapping data the devices collect to a […]
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Sweden Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly All Citizens
A Massive data breach in the Swedish Transport Agency Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly All Citizens. Source: Sweden Accidentally […]
Wire launches e2e encrypted team messaging in beta
End-to-end encrypted messaging platform Wire is targeting Slack’s territory with a new messaging for teams product, called Teams. Source: Wire launches […]
FTC to Provide Additional Insights on Reasonable Data Security Practices
As part of its ongoing efforts to help businesses ensure they are taking reasonable steps to protect and secure consumer […]
Data Breaches in US up by 29 percent
Data breaches jumped by 29 percent in the first half of 2017, with 12 million records exposed, including medical files […]
Microchip Implants for Employees? One Company Says Yes!
Employees at a Wisconsin technology company are volunteering to have microchips implanted in their hands to make unlocking doors and […]
32M employees offered biochip hand implants for work monitoring, payments
The chips can be used to login to PCs, use company machines, and make purchases – but how many will […]
In Cyberwarfare, Everyone Is a Combatant
The cloak-and-dagger doings of global powers are now entangled with businesses’ day-to-day operations, writes Christopher Mims. Source: In Cyberwarfare, Everyone […]
Russian Parliament Bans Use of Proxy Internet Services, VPNs
Russia’s State Duma on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would oblige Internet providers to block websites that offer VPN […]
Privacy Shield: “Deficiencies still remain and must be resolved”
Civil Liberties Committee Chair Claude Moraes during visit in US stressed that “Deficiencies still remain which need to be urgently […]
The Persistent Threat of Insider Data Theft
For seven years, Zhengquan “Jim” Zhang worked as an IT engineer for KCG Holdings, a Wall Street securities firm, where […]
Mariano’s, Kimpton Hotels sued over alleged collection of biometric data: ‘It’s something very personal’
Roundy’s, Intercontinental Hotels’ Kimpton chain and data center operator Zayo Group are accused of violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. […]