Newcastle City Council suffers adoption data leak
An unintended email attachment that includes names of current and former adoptees, parents and social workers was sent to 77 recipients as […]
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LinkedIn reveals your personal email to your connections
LinkedIn makes the primary email address associated with an account visible to all direct connections, as well as to people […]
Why it took more than a week to resolve the Verizon data leak
A communication breakdown and an employee’s vacation were why it took nine days for Verizon to stop a data leak. […]
Proposals to make free movement of data a principle of EU law expected this autumn
The free movement of non-personal data is to be enshrined in EU law, the commissioner for the digital single market […]
FBI Warns of Privacy Risks with Internet-Connected Toys
The FBI released a Public Service Announcement warning consumers about the privacy risks of internet-connected toys. Source: FBI Warns of […]
White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information
President Trump signed an executive order on May 11, initiating an investigation into voter suppression and election fraud. Here’s what […]
UK government urged to avoid data transfers ‘cliff edge’ at point of Brexit
The UK government has been urged to take steps to avoid a potential “cliff edge” ending to transfers of personal […]
U.S. Customs Says It Cannot Search Cloud Data at the Border
The letter by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) acting commissioner Kevin McAleenan written in response to a set of […]
The Privacy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles
This is the first of a two-part series discussing the privacy and security issues associated with the widespread use of […]
Ways to Prevent & Prepare for Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware was involved in 10 percent of the 450 breaches handled by our Privacy and Data Protection team in 2016. […]
Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care
The big companies developing them show no interest in fixing the problem. Source: Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One […]
New free courses on anonymization and data privacy
As part of a project funded by Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Electronic Health Information Library has released […]