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Data Privacy

On Oct 16, 2020
@cynicalsecurity shared
RT @Jausl00s: Our complaint against @IABEurope and Google for their central role in the online tracking/surveillance industry is paying off! The Belgian DPA (@APD_GBA) just finished its investigations and found numerous GDPR violations in IAB's practices. https://t.co/iubLG06Wyn
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GDPR watchdog’s investigation finds that tracking and consent pop-ups used by Google and other major websites and apps are unlawful.

GDPR watchdog’s investigation finds that tracking and consent pop-ups used by Google and other major websites and apps are unlawful.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD-GBA) has found serious GDPR infringements in the system Google and others use to legitimise online tracking. The system behind nearly all of the ...

On Oct 16, 2020
@ghayslip shared
All this work to try and get the privacy that is our right as humans. I wonder if we let companies charge for requesting GPC there would be more who would support it. #CISOapproved #tinkertribe #CISOlife #hacking #CISO #cybersecur…https://t.co/h7lSk7zPyA https://t.co/ElwLYVbfUb
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Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online

Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online

It's Do Not Track II: The Wrath of Ashkan and Sebastian... Caaaaaaaan't you stop stalking us around the internet

On Oct 20, 2020
@anton_chuvakin shared
"Improving security, compliance, and governance with cloud-based #DLP data discovery" https://t.co/wiu0Y9e7Xv <- let the long title not scare you :-) - this has some fun advice from us on data discovery in the cloud.
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Improving security, compliance, and governance with cloud-based DLP data discovery

Improving security, compliance, and governance with cloud-based DLP data discovery

Data discovery, a key component of DLP technology, has never been more important. Here’s why.

On Oct 20, 2020
@BrianHonan shared
RT @zosiawanat: EU's law enforcement agency @Europol is likely to have mishandled troves of personal data of innocent individuals in breach of the agency's own data-protection rules, according to @EU_EDPS. w/ @vmanancourt: https://t.co/rnokn3G1B2
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EU regulator warns Europol could be breaking data rules

EU regulator warns Europol could be breaking data rules

‘High likelihood’ the law enforcement agency is illegally processing personal data, inquiry found.

On Oct 21, 2020
@RSAsecurity shared
“Just because you verified a new customer at account set-up, does not guarantee that transactions are actually coming from that person," warns RSA's @angelsgrant. Read how banking must evolve for a remote world to combat #fraudsters (via @PrivSecReport): https://t.co/4VHMUW0Vdq
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Identifying, verifying and authenticating customers in banking – what are the options?

Identifying, verifying and authenticating customers in banking – what are the options?

PrivSec Report looks at some of the identification and verification technologies currently being used to ensure privacy and security in an increasingly complex banking landscape while ...

On Oct 19, 2020
@wbm312 shared
RT @snowjake: New blog post from me and @manconley on why you should: 🚨VOTE NO on Prop 24.🚨https://t.co/KvJge56uR1
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Californians Should Vote No on Prop 24

Californians Should Vote No on Prop 24

Instead, it will undermine protections in current law and increase the burden on people to protect themselves—in ways that will disproportionately harm poor people and people of …

On Oct 19, 2020
@healthinfosec shared
Sensitive #Voicemail Transcripts Exposed: Researcher Finds Unsecure #Elasticsearch Database Cluster Accessible via the Internet https://t.co/q0Gb5mZPWr
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Sensitive Voicemail Transcripts Exposed

Sensitive Voicemail Transcripts Exposed

A security researcher recently discovered an unsecure Elasticsearch database cluster exposed on the internet that contained transcripts of sensitive voicemail

On Oct 20, 2020
@thegrugq shared
RT @steveranger: The crypto wars are back yet again, and this time government has a new strategy https://t.co/NCki7HMtzH
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The encryption war is on again, and this time government has a new strategy

The encryption war is on again, and this time government has a new strategy

End-to-end encryption causes problems that governments don't like. So they're pushing big tech to come up with an answer.