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UK Watchdog Orders Tax Office To Delete Voice Data

UK Watchdog Orders Tax Office To Delete Voice Data
UK Watchdog Orders Tax Office To Delete Voice Data
May 10, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The data protection watchdog in the U.K. has found that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collected millions of biometric voice data from citizens without...

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Chinese National Charged In Anthem Data Breach
Chinese National Charged In Anthem Data Breach
May 10, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

U.S. prosecutors have charged a Chinese national for his alleged involvement in the 2015 data breach at health insurance company Anthem, which led to the...

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Storage App Used Photos To Train Facial Recognition Software
Storage App Used Photos To Train Facial Recognition Software
May 09, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A popular photo app called Ever, which was ostensibly used for cloud storage of photos, has been using customer pictures to train facial recognition AI...

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Privacy Groups Accuse Amazon Of Storing Kids’ Convos
Privacy Groups Accuse Amazon Of Storing Kids’ Convos
May 09, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A group of privacy and child advocacy groups is filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids devices...

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Freedom Mobile Exposes Data On Thousands Of Customers
Freedom Mobile Exposes Data On Thousands Of Customers
May 07, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Freedom Mobile, the Canadian wireless carrier, reportedly exposed its customers’ data and took a week to fix the security lapse after being alerted to it....

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Indian Contractors Examine, Categorize Facebook Content
Indian Contractors Examine, Categorize Facebook Content
May 07, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

Contractors in India have been examining and categorizing millions of photos, status updates and more from Facebook, opening up new concerns about how the social...

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Google Plans To Restrict Cookies With New Privacy Options
Google Plans To Restrict Cookies With New Privacy Options
May 06, 2019  |  Google

Google is planning an add-on to its Chrome browser that would limit companies’ use of tracking cookies, according to a report by The Wall Street...

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FTC Split On Size, Scope Of Facebook Fine
FTC Split On Size, Scope Of Facebook Fine
May 05, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

With Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission in the final stages of settlement talks, disagreements between the five-member FTC panel are complicating the discussions. Get...

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