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×GDPR? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?HA!Those laws aren’t doing squat to protect us from the digital marketing and adtech industry, according to a newreportfrom the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC). . What chance do laws stand against policing what the NCC describes as a shadowy network of companies, “virtually unknown to consumers,” with which popular apps are sharing exquisitely personal behavior/interest/activities/habits data, including our religious preference, menstruation cycle, location data, sexual orientation, political views, drug use, birthday, the unique IDs associated with our smartphones, and more? The current situation is “completely out of control, harming consumers, societies, and businesses,” the NCC writes, as evidence continues to mount against what it calls “the commercial surveillance systems” at the heart of online advertising. The link for this article located at Naked Security is no longer available. . Explore the deceptive methods used by apps that breach user privacy via unauthorized data sharing with advertisers, raising concerns over current privacy regulations and protections. Data Sharing, Consumer Privacy, Digital Marketing, Adtech, Surveillance Issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center formed a partnership approximately two years ago with the goal of finding patterns in patients’ medical records for medicine and to better understand disease. . The companies are now being sued for allegedly not stripping out date stamps or doctor’s notes in patient record, giving Google the ability to identify the patients. The lawsuit claims the companies did not take the proper measures to ensure patient privacy, nor did they obtain the consent of the patients. Records from between 2009 and 2016 were shared with Google, according to the lawsuit. According to the Chicago Tribune, Google and the hospital are claiming that the patients aren’t identifiable by their records, but the lawsuit alleges the record contained times and dates of treatment, as well as notes from providers. The link for this article located at Security Today is no longer available. . Accusations surface regarding the mishandling of patient information by a prominent tech company and a medical facility, igniting fears about data protection.. Patient Data Handling, Privacy Compliance, Healthcare Law, Data Protection Practices. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Bosses should be worried about their employee behaviour around sensitive documents according to a recent report. With the high volume of data that IT teams handle, communicating efficiently and securely is essential to preventing a breach. . Kitchener-ON-based SaaS company Igloo Software recently released a report showing that email is IT employees' top method for sharing sensitive or private information. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . IT professionals predominantly rely on email for transmitting confidential data, which amplifies worries about potential security violations. Discover more about this issue.. Sensitive Data Sharing, IT Worker Behavior, Data Breach Concerns, Email Security Practices. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
After interviewing over 60 people, ranging from former Facebook employees and partners, as well as reviewing over 270 internal Facebook documents, The New York Times discovered that Facebook offered its users’ data to more than 150 companies. Those companies, the investigation revealed, ranged from tech and entertainment companies to online retailers, automakers, and even banks.. Without first obtaining users’ permission, Facebook “allowed Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada to read, write and delete users’ private messages, and to see all participants on a thread.” It let Bing “see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent.” Amazon could “obtain users’ names and contact information through their friends.” Yahoo could view streams of friends’ posts. The list goes on and on. The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available. . Without first obtaining users’ permission, Facebook “allowed Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank. interviewing, people, ranging, former, facebook, employees, partners. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
A controversial draft law, which one senator called a "surveillance bill by another name," has passed the Senate. CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), will allow private companies to share cyber-threat data with the federal government, including personal user data, in an effort to prevent cyberattacks, such as those on the scale of Target, Home Depot, and Sony. . Companies that share data with federal agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA), will be given legal and liability protections from lawsuits relating to data sharing. . Companies that share data with federal agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA), will . controversial, draft, which, senator, called, 'surveillance, another, passe. . Alex
Congress is hellbent on passing a cybersecurity bill that can stop the wave of hacker breaches hitting American corporations. And they. On Wednesday the House of Representatives voted 307-116 to pass the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, a bill designed to allow more fluid sharing of cybersecurity threat data between corporations and government agencies. The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Congress has approved legislation aimed at enhancing information exchange regarding cybersecurity between private firms and federal entities.. Data Sharing, Cybersecurity Bill, Threat Intelligence, Corporate Security. . Dave Wreski
The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has introduced a bill which will make sharing cybersecurity data easier for companies by removing the prospect of being sued.. On Tuesday, leaders of the US House unveiled the legislation to improve communication between companies and the government without fear of legal reprisal, as reported by Reuters. The Protecting Cyber Networks Act, as it is known, has amassed "significant bipartisan support" according to the news agency. The link for this article located at ZDNet Blogs is no longer available. . On Tuesday, leaders of the US House unveiled the legislation to improve communication between compan. house, representatives, intelligence, committee, introduced, which, sharing. . Dave Wreski
With or without controversial new legislation such as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act, President Obama is doing his best to make sure companies share the information they know about you with the federal government.. On Friday, the president issued a cybersecurity executive order that creates a new framework for The link for this article located at motherboard is no longer available. . The head of state announces a sweeping directive aimed at enhancing collaborative efforts in cybersecurity intelligence dissemination among leading enterprises.. Customer Data Sharing, Cybersecurity Regulation, Privacy Framework. . Dave Wreski
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