Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), enacted in 2018, has set a new standard for data privacy across the European Union (EU). The law’s primary goal is to protect individuals’ personal data and ensure companies handle that data responsibly.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

The business services provider Conduent told the SEC a January cyberattack exposed personal data, including names and Social Security numbers. The business services provider Conduent revealed that personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was stolen in a January cyberattack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These own-volition inquiries were launched by the DPC following a personal data breach, which was reported by MPIL in September 2018.” “This data breach impacted approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which approximately 3 million were based in the EU/EEA.

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Collaboration 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Whether you just sold your iPhone, are planning to trade it in for a new one, or are giving it away to someone, knowing how to wipe your personal data correctly is a must.

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Collaboration 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Before you sell or trash your old Android phone, you should properly delete all sensitive information. Here's the best (and simplest) way to do it.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

First, forensic traces showed that Serbian police used a Cellebrite tool to unlock and extract data from his device without informing him, obtaining legal consent, or disclosing the searchs purpose.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

They can also steal personal data, banking details, cryptocurrency info, emails, and passwords by scraping the files the users upload. .” Fake file converters and download tools may perform advertised tasks but can provide resulting files containing hidden malware, giving criminals access to victims’ devices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2025

“Given the potentially high risk for millions of peoples data in Italy, the Authority asked the two companies and their subsidiaries to confirm which personal data are collected, the sources used, the purposes pursued, the legal basis of the processing, and whether they are stored on servers located in China.”

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Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2024

If privacy and security are central to you or your business, this new feature from the open-source office suite LibreOffice is worth checking out. Here's how it works.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2025

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek ‘s chatbot service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The Authority pointed out that OpenAI does not alert users that it is collecting their data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Victims of SpyLoan apps face threats, personal data misuse, and harassment, including intimidating calls, misuse of photos/IDs, and contact spamming to friends and family. Authorities in Peru raided a call center tied to SpyLoan apps that extorted 7,000+ victims in Peru, Mexico, and Chile.

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Collaboration 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Your information and how you interact with LinkedIn is helping to train AI. If you don't want that to happen, you can opt out and check what it already knows.

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Personal data IT 190

Collaboration 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Before you get rid of an old laptop, ensure your personal files are fully deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

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Personal data 189

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2024

Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

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Personal data 189

Collaboration 2.0

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The investment giant is offering those impacted 24 months of free credit monitoring to help them check for any unusual activity.

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Personal data 190

Collaboration 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Before you get rid of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

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Personal data 190

Data Breach Today

MAY 14, 2025

All Risk, No Reward: Meta's Ongoing Legal Issues in Europe Social media giant Meta is likely to face more legal hurdles over its plans to use the personal data of European Facebook and Instagram users to train artificial intelligence models. Meta paused efforts to train AI with European data in June 2024.

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Artificial Intelligence Personal data Risk IT 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The Manchester United football club has been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, it is not aware of a breach of personal data for his fans. Manchester United disclosed a cyber attack, but according to the football club it is not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”.

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Personal data Security IT Information Security 363

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 12, 2024

Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Everything you need is available as part of Windows.

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Personal data 189

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

The data acquired by the intelligence agency can reveal the websites visited by the US citizens and what apps they use. Wyden called on the US government to order intelligence agencies to stop buying personal data from Americans that has been obtained illegally by data brokers.

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Metadata Personal data Sales Privacy 353

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with the EU data protection regulation GPDR when transferring the personal data of European taxi drivers to the U.S. calling the violation “very serious.”

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an attempt to obtain personal data.

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Phishing Personal data 344

Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Victims Still Learning Their Personal Data Was Illegally Accessed, Copied in 2021 A ransomware attack on the Irish healthcare system in 2021 has cost the government 80 million euros in damages and counting.

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Ransomware Personal data Government Access 353

Data Breach Today

MAY 8, 2025

Not Just Ransomware But Verbal Disclosure of Personal Data Common, Watchdog Finds Two decades after California Senate Bill 1386 introduced the world to data breach notifications, organizations have collectively battened down their cybersecurity hatches and fixed the problem once and for all.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

. “The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure.” ” In July 2019, the UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Encryption 356

WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple’s Craig Federighi tells WIRED, allows your personal data to be “hermetically sealed inside of a privacy bubble.”

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Privacy Personal data IT Cloud 285

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Brazil’s data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has imposed a temporary ban on Meta from processing users’ personal data for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models. ” reads the announcement published by ANPD.

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Artificial Intelligence Personal data Privacy Compliance 341

Collaboration 2.0

APRIL 25, 2025

Your Fire Stick, Roku, and other streaming devices collect your personal data for various reasons. If you're uncomfortable with that, here's how to get peace of mind.

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Personal data IT 246

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

“None of our patients’ payment card details have been compromised but at this stage, we understand that some of our patients’ personal data may have been accessed.” Stolen data includes personal data of customers along with intimate photos of these customers. ” states The Sun.

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Ransomware Personal data File names Security 350

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

Attackers Claim They Stole 36 Million Unique Customer Records T-Mobile USA has confirmed that attackers accessed its computer systems, but the mobile communications provider is still investigating whether customers' personal data was exposed.

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Personal data Communications Access IT 325

Data Breach Today

JUNE 30, 2021

Paige Thompson Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison, Documents Show The Justice Department has filed seven new criminal charges against Paige Thompson, who is suspected of hacking Capital One in 2019, which compromised the personal data of 100 million Americans, including exposing hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers.

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Personal data Security 331

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

In early April 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority temporarily banned ChatGPT due to the illegal collection of personal data and the absence of systems for verifying the age of minors. The Authority pointed out that OpenAI does not alert users that it is collecting their data.

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Privacy GDPR Personal data Data Privacy 332

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2025

In April, Kelly Benefits disclosed a data breach where hackers accessed its systems from Dec 1217, 2024, stealing sensitive personal data. Exposed info includes names, SSNs, medical and financial data. -based company provides benefits, payroll, and workforce management solutions to businesses.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 171

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2025

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle , which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M after finding its use of behavioral data for targeted ads violated privacy laws, requiring compliance changes. The DPC’s inquiry was launched following an initial complaint to the French Data Protection Authority. ” reads the DPC’s announcement.

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 314

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Consumer groups assert that Meta is not adhering to various rules established by the European privacy regulation GDPR: Fair Processing (Article 5(1)(a)): Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently. Consumer groups claim that Meta’s data collection is unfair and lacks transparency.

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