Potential Privacy Lapse Found in Americans’ 2010 Census Data
An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head count...
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US Facebook Fine Over Privacy Could Be in Billions: Reports
A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday. The...
GAO gives Congress go-ahead for a GDPR-like privacy legislation
An independent report authored by a US government auditing agency has recommended that Congress develop internet data privacy legislation to enhance consumer protections, similar...
Optus disables My Account site after users complain of privacy breach
Optus has confirmed that its My Account website is back up and running after temporarily disabling access following complaints from users that they were...
Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry’s privacy concerns
Credit: ZDNet Microsoft is going to make unspecified updates to Office ProPlus, a subscription version of Office, in response to alleged privacy violations raised...
Now this Android spyware poses as a privacy tool to trick you into downloading
A powerful form of Android malware with spy capabilities has re-emerged with new tactics — this time masquerading as a popular online privacy application...
With No Unifying U.S. Federal Privacy Law, States Are Implementing Their Own
Pending Privacy Bills Will Have Critics and Face Lobbying From Vested Interests With Europe’s GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as templates,...
EU orders recall of children’s smartwatch over severe privacy concerns
Image: European Commission For the first time, EU authorities have announced plans to recall a product from the European market because of a data...
Facebook’s worst privacy scandals and data disasters
Perhaps the most well-known example of a failure in Facebook’s privacy and data management is the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook permitted the “unfair”...
Firefox 65 Brings Improved Privacy Protections
Mozilla this week released the stable version of Firefox 65 with privacy protection improvements, patches, and other security enhancements inside. The browser has been...