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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

The SEC says First American derives nearly 92 percent of its revenue from its title insurance segment, earning $7.1 Title insurance protects homebuyers from the prospect of someone contesting their legitimacy as the new homeowner. Title insurance is not mandated by law, but most lenders require it as part of any mortgage transaction.

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Google’s Project Nightingale Health Data Practice Raises Privacy Concerns

Adam Levin

citizens, raising serious concerns about patient privacy. Google’s access to patient data raises concerns among privacy advocates, particularly because at least 150 of the company’s employees have full access to highly personal information without patient consent or notification. . That move resulted in a class action lawsuit.

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How IBM and AWS are partnering to deliver the promise of AI for business

IBM Big Data Hub

In today’s digital age where data stands as a prized asset, generative AI serves as the transformative tool to mine its potential. Adopting AI in business at scale is not without its challenges, including data privacy concerns, integration complexities and the need for skilled personnel.

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Expect More Spam Calls and SIM-Card Scams: 400 Million Phone Numbers Exposed

Adam Levin

As much as I love this one friend of mine, nothing is private when we’re together. So, we can call this a Facebook privacy facepalm legacy attack. It’s a sad state of Facebook privacy news fatigue that the urge is so strong to create privacy fail sub-categories—but there you have it. You probably have a friend like this.

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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

As Ananth explained, the city did two things right: they had cyber insurance and they didn’t pay the ransom. This makes government networks even more vulnerable and hackers see them as a gold mine. Election threat. Let’s look at what happened in Atlanta again. Attackers are profit minded,” says Ananth.

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Role of Big Data in Human Resource Management

AIIM

Following the insurance companies’ footsteps, employers gather health-related data of their staff and candidates. This can be done by revealing about collecting such data stating the final goals, Legal and ethical issues- Privacy is one of the major concern when big data is the subject.

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