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×As tensions between the U.S. and China heighten over data security issues, the Chinese government has taken a proactive step to protect users' privacy with a data security initiative that it believes can serve as “a global standard for data security”. . The Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, appearing in a video during a closed-door meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, announced the eight-part framework that touches on contentious topics such as Beijing’s handling of user data. Per the rules laid out by the initiative, Beijing will not ask Chinese companies to transfer overseas data to the government in breach of other countries’ laws. China also calls on states to oppose mass surveillance against other states and asks companies to refrain from installing backdoors in their products and services for illegal data collection. . The Chinese Foreign Minister announced a new initiative for data security, intending to establish a universal benchmark as international tensions escalate.. Global Data Standards, China Data Security, Privacy Protection Policy. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Can you believe that as many as 4 million people have Web browser extensions that sell their every click? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. . I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve even opened a tax return you only shared with your accountant. The link for this article located at The Washington Post is no longer available. . Countless individuals inadvertently reveal their private information via web add-ons. Discover the ways in which your information is monetized.. Data Privacy,Browser Extensions,User Tracking,Data Exposure,Security Risks. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
You're probably aware that Google keeps tabs on what you're up to on its devices, apps, and services—but you might not realize just how far its tracking reach extends, into the places you go, the purchases you make, and much more. It's an extensive set of data, but you can take more control over what Google collects about you and how long the company keeps it. Here's how. . It's worth emphasizing first that we're really dealing with two topics: The amount of data Google collects on you, which is a lot, and what Google then does with it. Google would say its data collection policies improve its services—helping you find a restaurant similar ones you've liked previously, say—whereas users might disagree. The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Discover how Google tracks your online behavior and find strategies to reclaim your personal information.. Google Tracking, Data Privacy, Track Management, User Control. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Docker Hub, the official repository for Docker container images, has announced a security breach on late Friday night. . The breach came to light after the company started emailing customers about a security incident that took place a day earlier on April 25. "On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of non-financial user data," said Kent Lamb, Director of Docker Support. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . A breach event at Docker Hub resulted in the exposure of personal user information, impacting approximately 190,000 accounts.. Docker Hub Breach, User Data Security, Data Exposure, Unauthorized Access. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Facebook has filed a suit against two Ukrainian developers for creating Facebook apps and browser extensions that harvested user data and injected ads into users' timelines. . The two developers cited in a lawsuit Facebook filed late Friday, March 8, are named Gleb Sluchevsky and Andrey Gorbachov, both based out of Kiev, and working for a company called the Web Sun Group. According to court documents, Sluchevsky and Gorbachov ran at least four web apps that provided quizzes on various topics. The web apps were advertised and shared on Facebook but they were hosted on a multitude of third-party websites such as megatest.online, supertest.name, testsuper.su, testsuper.net, fquiz.com, and funnytest.pro. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . Programmers taken to court by Meta for harvesting personal information via browser add-ons and surveys hosted on third-party platforms.. Facebook Data Scraping, Browser Extension Lawsuit, User Data Privacy Issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Online photography network 500px has forced a password reset for all users after revealing this week that it suffered a data breach last summer. . The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available. . The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available.. online, photography, network, 500px, forced, password, reset, users, revealing. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The past year has been nightmare for Facebook, breaking a decade-long streak of seemingly boundless growth that placed the internet giant at the center of social, political and commercial activities of billions of people around the globe. Facebook began its precipitous downhill turn in March when a whistleblower uncovered Facebook’s role in helping political consultancy Cambridge Analytica harvest and use the personal data of tens of millions of users without their permission.. The company was rocked by a scandal or controversy every month thereafter, not all of which were privacy related. Emerging from these scandals was a portrait of a company with a voracious appetite for monetizing users’ detailed data and sloppy management in protecting the privacy and security of that data. How the company and its regulators react to these events could have a lasting impact on how all companies manage and protect consumer data. The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available. . The company was rocked by a scandal or controversy every month thereafter, not all of which were pri. nightmare, facebook, breaking, decade-long, streak, seemingly, boundless. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
In April, with the GDPR deadline and its requirement for data portability looming, Instagram released the long-anticipated download your data tool. The feature gave users the ability to download images, posts and comments.. Unfortunately, Instagram turned the task of downloading your data into an exercise in exposing people’s passwords in plain text. Thankfully, the bug in the “download your data” tool only affected a handful of users, it said. The link for this article located at Naked Security/Sophos is no longer available. . Unfortunately, Instagram turned the task of downloading your data into an exercise in exposing peopl. april, deadline, requirement, portability, looming, instagram, release. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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