The FTC-Venmo Privacy Settlement is All About Design
Paypal has settled charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that stated its popular money transferring app, Venmo, misled customers […]
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Additional 2.4 million Equifax consumers were affected by the cyber attack
Equifax disclosed earlier on Thursday that it had discovered an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers were affected by the cyber […]
US Supreme Court hears arguments in United States v. Microsoft
Today, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case with major implications for the privacy profession. The dispute […]
Facebook Biometric Privacy Suit Not Tossed
A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Facebook regarding its photo scanning and face prints technology […]
US Supreme Court weighs Microsoft privacy fight over data stored overseas
A major privacy rights fight between Microsoft and the Justice Department reaches the Supreme Court this week. The nine justices […]
Unlocking the power of today’s big data through governance
People, businesses, and machines are generating data at a staggering pace. The business expectation is that you will use this […]
California Wants to Govern Bots and Police User Privacy on Social Media
The proposed legislation will hold social media and Internet companies accountable for user privacy, and force them to stop the […]
Lack of funding exposes US federal agencies to high data breach risks
US federal agencies suffer the highest volume of data breaches out of government agencies worldwide and budgets are part of […]
Is a Service Provider’s Privacy Shield Certification Good Enough?
The GDPR imposes two requirements when a company (referred to in the GDPR as a “data controller”) uses a service […]
U.S. Customs Wants to Use Your Face As a Boarding Pass
By 2022, the agency plans to use biometrics to identify 97 percent of travelers flying out of the country. Getting […]
Article 29 Working Party Comments on FATCA
Article 29 Working responded to a letter on effect of U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on European citizens […]
US Attorney General Sessions Announces New Cybersecurity Task Force
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the creation of the Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, which will canvass the many […]