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Washington Privacy Act welcomed by corporate and nonprofit actors

February 4, 2020 admin 2019 washington privacy act, 2020 washington privacy act, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, Consumer Reports, data portability, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Facial Recognition, future of privacy forum, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, microsoft, personal data, privacy, right to access, right to correct, right to delete, senator reuven carlyle, sensitive data, washington privacy act, washington privacy act 2019, washington privacy act 2020, WPA

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:35:25 +0000

The Washington Privacy Act would extend new data rights of access, correction, and deletion to Washington residents, with new rules on facial recognition.

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Fear Not: You, Too, Are a Cybercrime Victim!

October 4, 2017 admin Christina Tetreault, Consumer Reports, Consumers Union, credit freeze, credit lock, Equifax, House Energy & Commerce Committee, hurricane irma, irs, Other, Politico, Richard Smith, TALX, Wells Fargo, wired.com, Yahoo

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 04:34:50 +0000

Maybe you’ve been feeling left out because you weren’t among the lucky few hundred million or billion who had their personal information stolen in either the Equifax or Yahoo! breaches. Well buck up, camper: Both companies took steps to make you feel better today. Yahoo! announced that, our bad!: It wasn’t just one billion users who had their account information filched in its record-breaking 2013 data breach. It was more like three billion (read: all) users. Meanwhile, big three credit bureau Equifax added 2.5 million more victims to its roster of 143 million Americans who had their Social Security numbers and other personal data filched in a breach earlier this year. At the same time, Equifax’s erstwhile CEO informed Congress that the breach was the result of even more bone-headed security than was first disclosed. To those still feeling left out by either company after this spate of news, I have only one thing to say (although I feel a bit like a broken record in repeating this): Assume you’re compromised, and take steps accordingly.