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@wbm312 shared
On Dec 17, 2021
France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data https://t.co/Sb6T2ysVKu
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France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data

France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data

Controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, which has amassed a database of some 10 billion images by scraping selfies off the Internet so it can sell an identity-matching ...

@BrianHonan shared
On Dec 21, 2021
RT @PogoWasRight: #HSE given stolen data, including medical records, taken by #Conti threat actors in May: https://t.co/Z045IZNdg6
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HSE given stolen data, including medical records, taken by criminals during cyber attack in May

HSE given stolen data, including medical records, taken by criminals during cyber attack in May

The HSE has been given stolen data, including medical records, obtained by criminals during the May cyber attack, it emerged today.

@BrianHonan shared
On Dec 16, 2021
RT @tjmcintyre: EDPB standing up for @DPCIreland. (I have some criticisms of the DPC, but complaints about effectiveness are not the same as allegations of impropriety.) https://t.co/UCJrpukrIo
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EDPB Statement : EDPB cooperation on the elaboration of guidelines

EDPB Statement : EDPB cooperation on the elaboration of guidelines

The European Data Protection Board has adopted the following statement: The deliberations of the EDPB often involve complex issues of principle and law. In seeking to ensure the …

@ProfWoodward shared
On Dec 17, 2021
It’s Facebook now warning about spyware being used across many countries - these companies (and it’s not just NSO) need to be held to account as they are enabling some horrible behaviour https://t.co/HYPbPNW62G Kudos to @iblametom for continuing to chase these companies.
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Facebook Warns 50,000 Users Were Targeted By Spy-For-Hire Companies

Facebook Warns 50,000 Users Were Targeted By Spy-For-Hire Companies

Meta warns of “indiscriminate” targeting of “everyday people,” as it continues its fight against the spyware industry.

@SwiftOnSecurity shared
On Dec 19, 2021
Notifying our teams this CCPA/GDPR request was not real, if they got it they don't need legal counsel. (screenshot from @nixcraft) See thread for more detail and: - https://t.co/Rskq4cWEGD - https://t.co/1CGuzKJCPB https://t.co/J3woO7lePj https://t.co/vyiq6yFE1t
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Princeton-Radboud Study on Privacy Law Implementation

Princeton-Radboud Study on Privacy Law Implementation

We are a team of computer science researchers at Princeton University and Radboud University, conducting an academic study of how online services have implemented the European …

@BrianHonan shared
On Dec 20, 2021
Here is the press release from @HSELive regarding @GardaTraffic getting a copy of the data stolen during the #ransomware attack in May of this year from the US @TheJusticeDept Data could contain personal, medical, and corporate data https://t.co/tZwyXiZb4S
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Update regarding cyber-attack on HSE in May 2021

Update regarding cyber-attack on HSE in May 2021

An Garda Síochána has given the HSE a copy of data that was stolen as part of the cyber-attack against the HSE’s ICT infrastructure on 14th May 2021.

@BrianHonan shared
On Dec 17, 2021
RT @DPCIreland: Following an extensive consultation period, the DPC has now published the final version of its guidance “Children Front and Centre: Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing”. Click here to read the final version: https://t.co/AMnaKfn3bA https://t.co/H2hOc4JuAQ
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The Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing

The Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing

The Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing (the Fundamentals) have been dr

@wbm312 shared
On Dec 21, 2021
How Big Tech turns privacy laws into privacy theater. Privacy is also about ethics. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Privacy is not a paper-ing exercise. Set privacy principles early if you can and stick to them. https://t.co/wpLmVvybEX
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How Big Tech Turns Privacy Laws Into Privacy Theater

How Big Tech Turns Privacy Laws Into Privacy Theater

Some privacy professionals don’t even realize their complicity.

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