- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 7th, 2018
Addresses and Names of Customers Exposed by Bethesda in Support Tickets
Bethesda faces a €20 million fine under EU's GDPR
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 6th, 2018
Australia Passed Anti-Encryption Law Forcing Tech Firms to Decrypt Data
Non-compliant companies and individuals face fines, prison
- Data Breaches
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 4th, 2018
Commonwealth Bank's Customer Medical Info Exposed Following Potential Breach
CommInsure insurance arm leaked the data to other bank arms
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 4th, 2018
Quora Suffers Data Breach, Users' Names, Emails, Encrypted Passwords Exposed
100 million users affected by breach discovered on Nov 30
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 3rd, 2018
Senators Push for Data Breach and Privacy Legislation Following Marriot Breach
Legislation to impose stronger data security on companies
- Google News
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 27th, 2018
Google Targeted by Complaints Filed with the FTC, EU Watchdogs for User Tracking
Seven EU consumer groups file complaints with data watchdogs
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 27th, 2018
Facebook Knew of Russian Data Collecting Since 2014 Say Documents Seized by UK
Internal documents handed over by company suing Facebook
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 22nd, 2018
Facebook Appeals £500,000 Cambridge Analytica Penalty Imposed by UK Watchdog
The social network harvested the data of 87 million users
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 21st, 2018
Amazon Customer Email Addresses Leaked Because of 'Technical Error'
Notifications sent to clients who may have been impacted
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 13th, 2018
Fixed Facebook Privacy Bug Could Have Allowed Bad Actors to Steal Personal Info
Security issue resided in iframe used for internal tracking
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 13th, 2018
Privacy International Files GDPR Complaints Against Oracle, Equifax, More
Wants to expose data collection for profiling purposes
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 8th, 2018
Facebook Trying to Convince Portal Is Not Used for Ad Targeting. Spoiler: It Is!
People's distrust in Facebook will be hard to overcome
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 6th, 2018
Microsoft Says It’s Not “Over-Monetizing” User Data
CEO Satya Nadella reiterates privacy focus in new interview
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 25th, 2018
Facebook Gets £500,000 Fine from ICO for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
The fine is the maximum allowed by the law
- Tips & Tricks
- By Bogdan Popa
- October 25th, 2018
How to Delete Your Google Search History
Google makes it easier for users to delete their data
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 24th, 2018
Google Now Allows You to Delete Your Search Activity
You can review and remove activity with three mouse clicks
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 23rd, 2018
Firefox 63.0 Quantum Adds Enhanced Cross-site Tracking Protection
Can be configured to block all third-party cookies