The Latest Big Data Breach Should Make You Rethink How You Pay For Everything
The restaurant group Earl Enterprises confirmed that over two million credit cards were compromised in a breach affecting diners at […]
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The data trash-pile blame game
The tale of the latest Facebook data spill, announced Wednesday by security outfit Upguard, has a unique new twist: No […]
CNIL Publishes Binding Rules on Processing Biometric Data as Workplace Access Control
On March 28, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) published a “Model Regulation” addressing the use of biometric systems […]
Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records on cloud servers
Facebook app developers left hundreds of millions of user records exposed on publicly visible cloud servers. The larger of the […]
Surrendering privacy for survival
Americans at the lower end of the economic ladder suffer from an ever-growing privacy divide, impacting more than just their […]
Belgium regulator fights Facebook over user tracking
A court in Belgium has instructed Facebook to put a halt to tracking users without obtaining the proper consents. The […]
Autonomous cars rise privacy questions
When fully autonomous vehicles begin circulating on public roads they will have to be able to detect when people enter […]
Facebook to Fight Belgian Ban on Tracking
Facebook is attacking a Belgian court order forcing it to stop tracking local users’ surfing habits, including those of millions […]
61% of CIOs say employees are maliciously leaking data
A study of the root causes of insider breaches has found that 61% of IT leaders believe that employees have […]
Uber faces fresh legal challenge over driver data
Uber drivers in the U.K. are filing a lawsuit against the company over allegations the firm has continuously broken European […]
With facial recognition, shoplifting may get you banned in places you’ve never been
There are hundreds of stores using facial recognition – none that have any rules or standards to prevent abuse. With […]
MoviePass founder wants to use facial recognition to score you free movies
PreShow is developing an app to earn you free movie tickets – to any film in any theater – if […]