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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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NY Appeals Court Extends Discoverability of Social Media Photos to “Tagged” Photos: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

Private social media information can be discoverable to the extent it ‘contradicts or conflicts with [a] plaintiff’s alleged restrictions, disabilities, and losses, and other claims’ ( Patterson v. He was “tagged,” thus allowing him access to them, and others were sent to his phone. Pollari, 107 A.D.3d 2d 31 [1st Dept.

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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Related: Drivers behind facial recognition boom.

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Maciej Ceg?owski on Privacy in the Information Age

Schneier on Security

owski has a really good essay explaining how to think about privacy today: For the purposes of this essay, I'll call it "ambient privacy" -- the understanding that there is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives should pass by unremembered.

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Social Media Platform Fined 100,000 USD by Washington State AG for COPPA Violations

Hunton Privacy

On June 24, 2020, the Washington State Attorney General (“Washington AG”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against the owners of the “We Heart It” social media platform for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and the Washington State Consumer Protection Act.

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Dormant Colors campaign operates over 1M malicious Chrome extensions

Security Affairs

.” The harvested data are used to classify potential targets and select best social engineering attack vectors to target them and steal credentials. The attackers appends the affiliate tags to the URL and any purchase made on the site will generate a commission for the operators.

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

Data Protection Report

Its privacy policy stated that the company would treat the data confidentially, and the company would not share data without user consent. In December 2020, the company revised its privacy policy (increasing its size to 15 pages) and added a statement that it used Facebook Pixel, a web analytics and advertising service by Facebook, Inc.