Tag: privacy
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Canadian regulator opens probe of IDScan for allegedly violating data privacy laws
The investigation, announced Monday, will probe IDScan’s security practices and whether victim notifications were adequate under Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, the regulator said in a press release. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/canadian-regulator-opens-probe-of-idscan-following-data-breach
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Canadian regulator opens probe of IDScan for allegedly violating data privacy laws
The investigation, announced Monday, will probe IDScan’s security practices and whether victim notifications were adequate under Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, the regulator said in a press release. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/canadian-regulator-opens-probe-of-idscan-following-data-breach
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-ai-with-your-privacy-intact/
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-ai-with-your-privacy-intact/
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-ai-with-your-privacy-intact/
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Google fined Euro403 million over location data privacy violations
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google Euro403 million ($463M) for multiple GDPR violations related to processing users’ location data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fined-403-million-over-location-data-privacy-violations/
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Researchers Find Security Risks in 73.6% of 61,500 Abandoned IoT Apps
Researchers have identified significant security and privacy risks across 61,500 abandoned Android Internet-of-Things (IoT) companion applications. Their study found that 73.6% of these apps contained at least one potential vulnerability, risky embedded resource, or insecure communication path. Risks in Abandoned IoT Apps Titled >>When Apps Outlive Vendors: Security Implications of IoT Abandonware,<< the study examines…
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GPT4Free Privacy Risks Expose AI Prompts to Third-Party Servers and Hidden Logs
Users of the GPT4Free hosted platform might believe they are directly interacting with the selected artificial intelligence model in its web interface. However, recent research suggests that prompts submitted through g4f.dev may travel through a complex network of provider code, intermediary services, external model endpoints, and potentially unrelated AI servers. These findings raise significant privacy…
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12 Best DSPM Tools Compared (2026): Features Pricing
Quick Answer: DSPM has the scariest pricing curve in security bills track data volume, and data only grows. Microsoft Purview publishes pay-as-you-go rates (the anchor); Cyera leads the independents; BigID and Varonis bring privacy and on-prem lineage; CrowdStrike (Flow) and Tenable (Eureka-lineage) mark the consolidation wave. Negotiate volume caps before your data does the negotiating.…
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12 Best DSPM Tools Compared (2026): Features Pricing
Quick Answer: DSPM has the scariest pricing curve in security bills track data volume, and data only grows. Microsoft Purview publishes pay-as-you-go rates (the anchor); Cyera leads the independents; BigID and Varonis bring privacy and on-prem lineage; CrowdStrike (Flow) and Tenable (Eureka-lineage) mark the consolidation wave. Negotiate volume caps before your data does the negotiating.…
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CVS, Criteo Settle Web Tracker Data Privacy Suit for $20.5M
Class Action Claim Says Web Trackers Disclosed Patient Health Data Without Consent. CVS Health and digital advertising firm Criteo have agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle proposed class action litigation alleging that the retail pharmacy giant unlawfully disclosed patient personal and health information to Criteo through web trackers embedded on CVS’ websites and apps.…
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FinCEN Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Banks Can Share Fraud Alerts in Real Time
FinCEN guidance clarifies how financial institutions can share fraud-related intelligence in real time under Section 314(b), while maintaining AML, privacy, SAR and antitrust controls. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/fincen-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-banks-can-share-fraud-alerts-in-real-time/
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Facing Steep Criticism Over Abuse, Flock Updates Platform But Draws Skepticism From Privacy Advocates
Flock Safety’s new ALPR safeguards, including shorter data retention and AI-assisted auditing, face continued skepticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/facing-steep-criticism-over-abuse-flock-updates-platform-but-draws-skepticism-from-privacy-advocates/
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LG Pushes Back on Claims That Its Smart TVs Are Spying on Users
Researchers allege LG smart TVs can capture ambient audio and scan home networks, while LG disputes the findings and explains its privacy controls. The post LG Pushes Back on Claims That Its Smart TVs Are Spying on Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-lg-smart-tv-ambient-audio-privacy-claims/
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House Rejects Renewal of FISA 702 Surveillance Program
The House rejection of a short-term FISA Section 702 extension renews the debate over foreign intelligence, warrantless searches of Americans’ communications, privacy and cybersecurity governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/house-rejects-renewal-of-fisa-702-surveillance-program/
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Breach Roundup: ShinyHunters Claims Florida DMV Hack
Also, N-Able Patches Critical N-Central Zero-Day, Nightmare Eclipse Zero-Day. This week: ShinyHunters claims Florida DMV breach, N-able patch, Bimbo Bakeries breach, French police arrest suspected ZeroBytes hackers, Patch Tuesday, a new Nightmare Eclipse zero-day, Grindr agrees to $35 million U.K. privacy settlement, SAP patch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-shinyhunters-claims-florida-dmv-hack-a-32792
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The 12 Best Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mobile threat defence is included in appropriate Defender licensing, which means many organizations already own it. Best detection: Zimperium, with fully on-device analysis. Best for Apple estates on Jamf: Jamf. Best privacy positioning: Pradeo and Zimperium, both of which can analyse without shipping your traffic to a cloud.…
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The 12 Best Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mobile threat defence is included in appropriate Defender licensing, which means many organizations already own it. Best detection: Zimperium, with fully on-device analysis. Best for Apple estates on Jamf: Jamf. Best privacy positioning: Pradeo and Zimperium, both of which can analyse without shipping your traffic to a cloud.…
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The 12 Best Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mobile threat defence is included in appropriate Defender licensing, which means many organizations already own it. Best detection: Zimperium, with fully on-device analysis. Best for Apple estates on Jamf: Jamf. Best privacy positioning: Pradeo and Zimperium, both of which can analyse without shipping your traffic to a cloud.…
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State CIOs Need an Enterprise Identity Strategy
NASCIO’s Eric Sweden on Balancing Security, Privacy and Citizen Access. Fragmented identity systems make government harder to use and can obscure fraud across agencies. NASCIO’s Eric Sweden explains how states can build shared trust, protect privacy and adapt identity infrastructure for digital wallets, deepfakes and AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/state-cios-need-enterprise-identity-strategy-a-32782
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Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features
The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/apple-doesnt-want-you-to-worry-about-the-new-apple-watchs-listening-features/
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Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million
The settlement concludes a legal fight that dates to April 2024, when UK users sued for the alleged violations of their country’s privacy laws. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/grindr-settles-privacy-lawsuit-hiv-status-35-million
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Grindr Settles UK Data Privacy Claims for £26m
Grindr settled UK claims over alleged unlawful processing of sensitive user data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/grindr-settles-uk-data-privacy/
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Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharing
Online dating app Grindr has opted to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a lawsuit in the U.K. over allegations that it shared users’ personal information, including their HIV status, with third-parties.Grindr, which is the largest LGBTQ+ dating app, was sued in April 2024, accusing it of violating U.K. privacy laws by sharing sensitive…
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How to Create an AI Acceptable Use Policy Employees Will Follow
Lou Morentin, VP, Compliance and Privacy September 8, 2026 “Telling employees to “use AI responsibly” leaves too much open to interpretation. ” Key Takeaways An AI acceptable use policy should identify approved tools, permitted data, and situations that require additional review. Rules should reflect how employees already… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/how-to-create-an-ai-acceptable-use-policy-employees-will-follow/
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Europe Tiptoes to Legalizing Bulk Collection of ISP Metadata
CJEU Advocate-General Maciej Szpunar Says Oversight Could Mitigate Rights Harms. The most senior adviser at Europe’s highest court recommended striking down a Belgian data retention law largely intended to fight cybercrime, because it violates privacy rights. Advocate-general Maciej Szpunar also said it may be time for the EU to move past its old conception of…
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How Differential Privacy Will Transform Enterprise Data Strategy
For sixteen years I’ve watched enterprise data privacy evolve through three eras: access controls and encryption at rest, then de-identification, and now a third era defined by a mathematical framework most executives have heard of but few truly understand: differential privacy. The shift matters because the previous eras have quietly failed. De-identified datasets have been..…
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How Differential Privacy Will Transform Enterprise Data Strategy
For sixteen years I’ve watched enterprise data privacy evolve through three eras: access controls and encryption at rest, then de-identification, and now a third era defined by a mathematical framework most executives have heard of but few truly understand: differential privacy. The shift matters because the previous eras have quietly failed. De-identified datasets have been..…
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Irish Privacy Watchdog Details Psychiatric Data Breaches
Medical Records ‘Contaminated by Animal Droppings’ Recovered From Disused Sites. Rotting old mental health records stored on paper contaminated by animal droppings and left in abandoned psychiatric hospitals in Ireland have led to the country’s privacy watchdog reprimanding and fining the national health service for GDPR violations and demanding security improvements. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/