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Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage
With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.
Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency
The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.
NIST’s new privacy rules – what you need to know
How do you ensure you’re compliant with privacy regulations? NIST has released a Privacy Framework to help you get your house in order.
Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think
Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing it…
Ad industry groups ask that the CCPA keep its mitts off their cookies
Ad-blocking technologies can block the cookies that record consumers’ privacy choices, they claim.
Pressure mounts for federal privacy law with second bill
Pressure is gathering for a federal privacy law in the US with the introduction of a second bill that would protect consumer data.
Microsoft says it will honor California’s new privacy law across US
Microsoft said CCPA is good news, given the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy protection law at the federal level.
No federal privacy law will make it in the US this year, sources say
Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.
FTC renews call for single federal privacy law
It also wants to be the country’s data-privacy police: commissioners called for more resources and ability to impose penalties.