Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:39:00 -0800
From U.S. Customs agents to cybercriminals, everyone wants to copy the data on your phone and laptop. Here’s how to protect your rights and also avoid industrial espionage.
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy? Categories: Tags: ACCESS ActApple PagesBig TechCenter for Democracy and Technologycompetitioncongressdata interoperabilitydata portabilityData privacydata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationElloEuropean UnionfacebookFacebook MessengergdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGooglegoogle docsInstagraminteroperabilityLinkedInMark ZuckerbergMastodonmessengermicrosoft wordportabilitySenateThe ACCESS ActtwitterUS CongressUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationuser privacywhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:43:07 +0000
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| Robocalls aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a threat to personal data and privacy. And they’re on the rise. Learn which new tactics scammers are using and how to protect against them. Categories: Tags: Data privacydo not call registryFCCFTChigh-risk callsnuisance callsprivacyrobocallrobocall scamrobocallingrobocallsscam callsscammersTCPAuser privacy |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:44:47 +0000
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| Across the United States, a unique approach to lawmaking has seen radical success in making data security a little bit stronger for one industry—insurance providers. Categories: Tags: AnthemCaliforniaCalifornia Consumer Privacy ActCCPAConnecticutData privacydata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationdata securitydata security lawDelawareHealth Insurance Portability and AccessibilityHIPAAinsurance cybersecurityinsurance data securityinsurance data security model lawMaineMcCarran Ferguson ActMichiganMississippimodel lawNAICNational Association of Insurance CommissionersNew HampshireNew YorkNew York Department of Financial ServicesNYDFSOhioSouth CarolinaUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislation |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:18:26 +0000
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| Organizations are keen to protect the personal data of their employees and customers from cyberattack. But what about the data they no longer need? We discuss why data destruction is just as important to cybersecurity as protection. Categories: Tags: datadata breachdata destructionData privacydegaussinggdprNISToverwriteovewritingpersonal informationpersonally identifiable informationPII |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:54:43 +0000
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| Should this proposed privacy law come into effect, if a company violates that law, you, your neighbor, and your family do not have the right to sue them. Categories: Tags: BraveBrave browserBusiness RoundatbleCaliforniaCalifornia Consumer Privacy ActCenter for Democracy and Technologyconsumer privacyconsumer privacy lawData privacydata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationEFFElectronic Frontier FoundationEUEuropean UnionfacebookFederal Trade CommissiongdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationMainemontanaNevadapay-for-privacyPurismSenator Ron WydenTechnetUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationUS Federal Trade CommissionVermont |
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Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:45:52 +0000
Alle, die diese Woche irgendwo im Dunstkreis von Facebook oder anderen sozialen Plattformen unterwegs waren, haben höchstwahrscheinlich Selfies von Bekannten neben AI-generierten Bildern gesehen, wie sie in ein paar Jahrzehnten aussehen werden. Unter diesen Posts sammeln sich dann nicht selten etliche Kommentare, die davor warnen, dass die Foto-Poster gerade ihre Seele an eine obskure russische […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/FxQcRH-raUk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is, in some ways, similar to Europe's GDPR. This rule, which goes into effect in 2020, gives individual users more ownership over their own data. Users can even refuse to allow companies to sell their online data. As the compliance deadline approaches, CSO Online contributor Maria Kolokov and senior editor Michael Nadeau discuss with Juliet how CCPA may shift business models, change online behavior and reveal where exactly our data has been. Some tech companies, like Google, are even trying to exempt themselves from regulation. Failure to adhere to the rule could be an "extinction level" event.