Personally Identifiable Information news and trends

Intellicheck CEO: Fraudsters Using AT&T’s Call Log Breach to Build Consumer Profiles
Security & Fraud // July 19, 2024

The right customer data, in the right hands, can have a transformative impact on businesses. But in the wrong hands, the same sensitive information can be leveraged by bad actors and cybercriminals with catastrophic and increasingly costly outcomes. “If you think about what bad guys...

McLaren Health Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.2 Million Patients
Security & Fraud // November 13, 2023

McLaren Health Care, a healthcare provider based in Michigan, has reported a data breach that compromised the personal and health information of about 2.2 million patients.  The hackers accessed a wide range of patient information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, billing and...

Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools
Identity // August 24, 2023

Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using personally identifiable information (PII) and identity documents. “A piecemeal approach to person matching through multiple vendors has been a necessary...

Report: Two-Thirds Of Digital Shoppers Will Bolt If They Feel Unsafe Online
Safety and Security // August 04, 2021

In The Privacy Paradox: Securing Data To Build Customer Engagement, a collaboration with Very Good Security, PYMNTS examines the role of personally identifiable information (PII) protections in customer engagement and provides insights into steps that companies can take to address consumers’ concerns about data privacy.

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Report: Two-Thirds Of Digital Shoppers Will Bolt If They Feel Unsafe Online

August 04, 2021
In The Privacy Paradox: Securing Data To Build Customer Engagement, a collaboration with Very Good Security, PYMNTS examines the role of personally identifiable information (PII) protections in customer engagement and provides insights into steps that companies can take to address consumers’ concerns about data privacy.

The Need For Dynamic PII In The (Delayed) Dawning Of The Age Of SCA

August 15, 2019
SCA may be facing a longer implementation period, but change is coming, of course. Ekata’s CEO Rob Eleveld tells Karen Webster that verification needs to combine aspects of the digital...

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McLaren Health Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.2 Million Patients

November 13, 2023
McLaren Health Care, a healthcare provider based in Michigan, has reported a data breach that compromised the personal and health information of about 2.2 million patients.  The hackers accessed a wide range of patient information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, billing and claims information, prescription details, diagnostic results and treatment information, TechCrunch reported Monday […]

Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools

August 24, 2023
Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using personally identifiable information (PII) and...

First Data: 34 Percent Of PII Has Been Compromised In 2018

October 18, 2018
A new study has found that most consumers don’t understand just how vulnerable their Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is on the internet. First Data’s 2018 Consumer Cybersecurity Study is based...