Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022. News Corp-owned WSJ reported that the attack affected a major portion of the new conglomerate, including The Wall Street Journal and New York Post.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 1, 2022

The mainstream media response can be summed up in this piece from CBS , which notes the news, then quotes a TikTok public policy executive. And as the Washington Post reported, just today, “ China harvests masses of data on Western targets. But the history of social media has proven that comfortable assumptions are often wrong.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 10, 2018

Much will depend on how information commissioners use their powers, and the way judges treat the media The raw material of most journalism is information about people. So when the law adds to the rights and duties that attach to information about people, effects on the practice of journalism can be significant.

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IT Governance

MAY 18, 2023

For many outside the data privacy and IT governance, risk management and compliance sectors, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) seemed to appear five years ago as if from nowhere. The Regulation’s time in the media spotlight didn’t seem to last long, and Google Trends showed that searches for ‘GDPR’ soon dropped off.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance. However, on November 30, 2022 LastPass disclosed a far more serious breach that the company said leveraged data stolen in the August breach. According to an Aug.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Documents seen by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) and PA Media show NHS Improvement admitting it had not carried out its own assessment of whether the move would break data protection rules. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 10, 2018

Lawyers in UK and US claim four firms allegedly misused personal data of more than 71m people British and US lawyers have launched a joint class action against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and two other companies for allegedly misusing the personal data of more than 71 million people. Investigations in the UK remain live.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

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Everteam

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The blockchain is one of those technologies and in the information management world there are some interesting ways it is helping increase data security, accountability, and transparency. It is a series of blocks or data records that record transactions (like a change to a document, a digital signature) grouped in a chain.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JANUARY 27, 2019

Social media network says the change was part of crackdown on third party plug-ins Facebook has restricted the ability of external political transparency campaigners to monitor adverts placed on the social network, in a move described as an “appalling look” by one of the organisations affected.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 18, 2023

to include AI systems intended to be used by social media platforms that are “very large online platforms” under the DSA in connection with their recommender systems). Once it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union, there will be a transition period (which currently looks slated to be between 24 and 36 months).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were integrating software that sends visitor data to a Russian company called Pushwoosh , which claims to be based in the United States. But Reuters found that while Pushwoosh’s social media and U.S. A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 22, 2021

The recent UK case of Soriano v Forensic News and Others tested the territorial reach of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and represents the first UK judgment dealing with the territorial scope of the GDPR. based investigative journalism website, its owner and a number of journalists who contributed to the website.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 31, 2023

The image at top is how CNN responded in its widely read “Reliable Sources” media industry newsletter, which is as good a barometer of media groupthink as the front page of The New York Times , which also prominently featured the story (along with a requisite “ the cool kids are now doing AI in a rented mansion ” fluff piece.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The background photo for the @fuck_maze profile included a logo that read “Waka Waka;” the bio for the account took a swipe at Dmitry Smilyanets , a researcher and blogger for The Record who was once part of a cybercrime group the Justice Department called the “largest known data breach conspiracy ever prosecuted.”

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Adapture

AUGUST 15, 2023

The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. Adapture is Honored for the Fourth Time on the Inc.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The international soccer league FIFA announced it had been hacked earlier this year and is bracing itself for a potential data breach. Der Spiegel was the first to do so, but others have started sifting through and reporting on what media outlets are calling the “largest ever leak in journalism.”

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 20, 2018

Elizabeth Denham said she had also demanded that Facebook halt a data audit of Cambridge Analytica, saying it could prejudice her investigation. She found the first indications that Cambridge Analytica might have used data processing methods that breached the Data Protection Act.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is a very bad news for Google that suffered a massive data breach that exposed the private data of over 500,000 of Google Plus users to third-party developers. As a consequence of the data exposure, the company is going to shut down the social media network Google+. ” reported the Wall Street Journal.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 10, 2018

The fine is for two breaches of the Data Protection Act. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded that Facebook failed to safeguard its users’ information and that it failed to be transparent about how that data was harvested by others. Investigations in the UK remain live. Continue reading.

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Archive-It

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Two sociologists and alumnae of the Archives Unleashed cohorts program shared early findings and encouraged attendees to increase support for computational research with cultural heritage collections as data. Both scholars’ methods and findings will be published in the journal Internet Histories (2024).

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 7, 2022

We believe we are innovating, but in fact, we’re making the same mistakes old school media companies made when faced with the rise of the internet 15 years ago. In short, we know we must deliver an experience that builds community – because no media brand thrives without community. .

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

1] This price has been exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19 on communication data. According to the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), the pandemic has created a data explosion by encouraging frequent usage of chat applications. Meanwhile, the levels of email and other data types have remained constant. [2]

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InfoGovNuggets

JUNE 4, 2018

Who owns the information on social media? “Wall Street Moves Toward Mining of Social-Media Data,” The Wall Street Journal , June 4, 2018 B4. ” This data is mined from social media. ” This data is mined from social media.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

During COVID-19 outbreak data processors have to be extra vigilant to maintain their compliance with data protection authorities like GDPR. It has imposed online learning and earning, which in turn has open new doors of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. COVID-19 Remote Working – GDPR Data Security Checklist.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 2, 2014

On September 4, 2014, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published guidance on data protection for the media entitled Data protection and journalism: a guide for the media (the “Guidance”).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 4, 2023

UK’s NCSC explains in a blog that an LLM is an algorithm trained on a large amount of text-based data, typically scraped from the open internet. Typically, the data in its model is static after initial training. Typically, the data in its model is static after initial training. to 'train' the algorithms" of ChatGPT.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Under European data protection law, journalists enjoy some regulatory exemptions when processing personal data for journalistic purposes, balancing the right to the protection of personal data with the principle of freedom of expression. By Patrick Van Eecke, Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Laetitia Mouton. bas likums ).

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 24, 2019

The first, a media platform in development, is still operating mostly under the radar. It’s the second where I could use your help now, a project we’re calling Mapping Data Flows. I could go on, but what we really want to know is what *you* wish you understood about these companies’ data practices.

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eDiscovery Daily

AUGUST 8, 2019

In the Florida Bar Journal web site ( Face-Off on Facebook: Judges and Lawyers as Social Media “Friends” in a Post-Herssein World , written by Ralph Artigliere, William F. This time, it’s the judge’s Facebook friendship with one of the attorneys in the case. This one had a different outcome. Hamilton, David Hazouri, Jan L.

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InfoGovNuggets

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

“Wall Street Analysts Are Selling More Data,” The Wall Street Journal , November 8, 2018 B11. Analysts are searching and make available a bunch of information on your information, including “social media sentiment … and geospatial mapping.” ” Think of it as expanded research reports.

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InfoGovNuggets

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“Beware the ‘Free’ Internet,” The Wall Street Journal , November 15, 2018 A2. How much money do Facebook, Twitter, and Google get from allowing others to access you based on your data? As opposed to social media. How much is your data worth? How much is your data worth? To Google?

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InfoGovNuggets

MARCH 26, 2018

And the media smells blood. “Facebook and Google Confront Antagonism of Big Advertisers,” The Wall Street Journal , March 26, 2018 A1. Major advertisers demand more detail and accountability around ads and cost following the revelations about the use/misuse of user data and the accuracy of the viewing statistics.

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InfoGovNuggets

MAY 8, 2018

“H&M Ramps Up Data Use,” The Wall Street Journal , May 8, 20189 B4. Store chain mines social media to identify and track trends, and analyses store-specific information to determine what to stock in that store. The value of information is in its use, or perhaps in the ability to prevent others from using it.

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InfoGovNuggets

JANUARY 4, 2019

. “Comey Tells House Panel He Suspected Giuliani Was Leaking FBI Information to Media,” The Wall Street Journal , December 10, 2018. “Thieves Can Now Nab Your Data in a Few Minutes for a Few Bucks,” The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2018. Yes, we have no privacy. Comforting. Duty to report.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 21, 2019

This pains me, but it’s because I’ve been deep in a new project, one focused on a new market and a new media format. 3: Despite a ton of noise and smoke from DC, no significant federal legislation is signed around how data is managed in the United States. Journal, you’d have thought this has already happened.

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InfoGovNuggets

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

on Ad-Sales Data,” The Wall Street Journal , November 8, 2018 B2. A media group settles lawsuit over alleged sharing of information among television station owners, that may have led to higher advertising rates. But there can be too much sharing. “Sinclair Settles With U.S.

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