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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

that “uses cookies, pixel tags, and other storage and tracking technology to collect or receive information from [Cerebral’s] [w]ebsites and [a]pps based on [consumers’] usage activity.” As indicated in the paragraph quoted above, the company collected some very sensitive personal information.

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Is It Time for Your Employees to De-Dox Their Timelines?

Adam Levin

Scratch that. If you know anyone who might be targeted by hackers who has too much real information “out there” (i.e., most people), send this article to them. It’s no secret that people with high-profile outward facing jobs have long used aliases–actors, media personalities, professional athletes, models, etc.

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Why No HTTPS? Questions Answered, New Data, Path Forward

Troy Hunt

We had about 81k visitors drop by on the first day and for the most part, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Most people have said it's great to have the data surfaced publicly and they've used that list to put some pressure on sites to up their game. What Causes a Site to be Removed From WhyNoHTTPS.com ? 360doc.com.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Well, let’s pull back and consider how these two tech giants execute their core business model, which of course is advertising. Facebook and Google’s advertising infrastructure is one of humanity’s most marvelous creations. It’s also one of its most terrifying, because, in truth, pretty much no one really understands how it works.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Well, let’s pull back and consider how these two tech giants execute their core business model, which of course is advertising. that’s the regulatory body responsible for insuring fairness and transparency in paid political speech?—?the Facebook and Google’s advertising infrastructure is one of humanity’s most marvelous creations.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Well, let’s pull back and consider how these two tech giants execute their core business model, which of course is advertising. that’s the regulatory body responsible for insuring fairness and transparency in paid political speech?—?the Facebook and Google’s advertising infrastructure is one of humanity’s most marvelous creations.