Privacy

As traders focused on bank earnings and the outlook for global growth, NBC News wrested the market’s attention back toward Facebook by publishing a report on what appears to be the largest leak of internal documents since the data privacy scandal that has dogged the company for more than a year erupted…

A hacker who spoke with ZDNet in February about wanting to put up for sale the data of over one billion users is getting dangerously close to his goal after releasing another 65.5 million records last week and reaching a grand total of 932 million records overall. The hacker’s name is Gnosticplayers,…

2018 has been the year of privacy.  News of Facebook’s exposure of tens of millions of user accounts to data firm Cambridge Analytica broke in March — a scandal that was only compounded by recent news that the tech giant shared even more private data through hidden agreements with other companies. Then in May,…

GATINEAU, QC, April 9, 2019 – An investigation into a global data breach has found that both Equifax Canada and its US-based parent company fell far short of their privacy obligations to Canadians. Privacy concerns included poor security safeguards; retaining information too long; inadequate consent procedures; a lack of accountability for Canadians’…

The California Consumer Privacy Act is a complex and wide-ranging set of regulations. We explain the key provisions and why you must start preparing now despite increasing calls for pre-emptive federal regulations. This summer, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a privacy law unprecedented in the U.S. that…

WASHINGTON — Momentum is gaining in Washington for a privacy law that could sharply rein in the ability of the largest technology companies to collect and distribute people’s personal data. A national law, the first of its kind in the U.S., could allow people to see or prohibit the use of…

It’s not just policymakers who are trying to figure out how to act on consumer sentiments toward data privacy. We all, overwhelmingly, want it — business and consumer. We are all seeking a U.S. federal privacy law to “repair” what may be broken in Europe (hey, the toaster needs fixing), and…

A popular DNA-testing company seems to be targeting true crime fans with a new pitch to let them share their genetic information with law enforcement so cops can catch violent criminals. Two months ago, FamilyTreeDNA raised privacy concerns after BuzzFeed revealed the company had partnered with the FBI and given the agency…

Given the public outcry over the lack of data privacy in today’s digital world, it’s perhaps no surprise that tech innovators are working on new privacy solutions that can help to bring together the buyers and sellers of personal data in a way that is convenient, transparent, secure and fair.…

Two hallmarks of American economic policy under President Trump are a reflexive aversion for regulation and go-it-alone nationalism. But in technology policy, that stance is changing. In September, the Trump administration abandoned its hands-off approach and began working closely with the 36-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to create…