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Data Privacy

Data privacy continues to make headlines. These issues are symptoms of a profound shift in the world of data privacy and security that have major implications for organizations. With the rise of big data and machine learning, privacy and security are now converging.

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@Infosec_Tourist shared
On Apr 28, 2021
RT @axios: Tech giants are facing increasingly hostile foreign governments that are taxing their profits, attempting to halt their acquisitions, labeling them as monopolies and passing laws to limit their powers. https://t.co/viGY1uZkOt
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The world regulates Big Tech while U.S. dithers

The world regulates Big Tech while U.S. dithers

Other countries are moving ahead on taxes, consumer privacy, antitrust actions and more.

@opexxx shared
On Apr 30, 2021
9 questions to ask when auditing your AI systems https://t.co/2HKI8W6VSX
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9 questions to ask when auditing your AI systems

9 questions to ask when auditing your AI systems

Auditing your AI and big data can be a challenge. But there are some questions to ask to get you on your way to compliance and governance.

@BrianHonan shared
On May 1, 2021
RT @CBridge_Chief: UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges • The Register > If Google’s argument here prevails UK #DataProtection adequacy decision is toast. https://t.co/seeNWyZvBW
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UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges

UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges

Plus: Anti-Chocolate Factory campaign says it'll collect all the class-action damages, thank you

@BrianHonan shared
On Apr 29, 2021
RT @mathewjschwartz: Max Schrems and Helen Dixon clash over Irish #GDPR: In a tense Oireachtas Committee hearing, the Austrian privacy campaigner slammed Ireland’s regulatory record drawing a sharp rebuke from Helen Dixon over “inaccuracies”. https://t.co/5Y9bHak88y #privacy #infosec
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Max Schrems and Helen Dixon clash over Irish GDPR enforcement on big tech

Max Schrems and Helen Dixon clash over Irish GDPR enforcement on big tech

The Austrian privacy campaigner, Max Schrems, has told an Oireachtas Justice Committee that Ireland is on the verge of facing infringement proceedings in Europe because of its “extremely ...

@BrianHonan shared
On Apr 27, 2021
RT @sandra_hurley: Political databases on voters may breach GDPR - Dixon via @RTENews https://t.co/CmptkKShwH
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Dixon questioned about database from varied sources

Dixon questioned about database from varied sources

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has said that it is difficult to imagine what legal basis any data controller would have to create a centralised database from varied sources ...

@thegrugq shared
On Apr 29, 2021
RT @zackwhittaker: New: Cloud giant DigitalOcean says customer billing data, including partial payment card numbers, was accessed by an unauthorized person over a two-week window in April. DigitalOcean said it has fixed a security bug as a result. https://t.co/bPYRSeI4tS
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@SecurityExpert shared
On May 3, 2021
IT Security Expert Blog: Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021 https://t.co/KULy4sxk0c
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Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021

Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021

A UK view on Cyber (IT Security) & Information Security. Covers everything Computer Security from the basics to the advanced

@lorenzofb shared
On Apr 29, 2021
RT @LaurenKGurley: NEW: Target's gig workers are having their accounts hacked and paychecks drained by con artists who phish their passwords using sophisticated methods including spoofing phone #'s. I dug into how these very prevalent scams work. https://t.co/U0nOeTyLSH
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Scammers Are Hacking Target’s Gig Workers and Stealing Their Money

Scammers Are Hacking Target’s Gig Workers and Stealing Their Money

Scammers have been spoofing Target's delivery company Shipt's phone number in order to steal its gig workers' earnings by phishing their credentials from them.