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Credit to Author: eschuman@thecontentfirm.com| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:32:00 -0800

If there are two things that should never mix, it’s cybersecurity/privacy compliance and corporate politics. And yet, that’s at the heart of a compliance fight between Microsoft and German authorities that might wind up punishing the company’s customers.

The German Datenschutzkonferenz — the regulatory body entrusted to handle Germany’s flavor of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — has publicly declared that “no data protection-compliant use of Microsoft Office 365 was possible.”

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ComputerWorld Independent

Google execs knew 'Incognito mode' failed to protect privacy, suit claims

October 27, 2022 admin Browsers, chrome, Data Privacy, google, privacy

A federal judge in California is considering motions to dismiss a lawsuit against Google that alleges the company misled them into believing their privacy was being protected while using Incognito mode in the Chrome browser.

The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District Court of California by five users more than two years ago, is now awaiting a recent motion by those plaintiffs for two class-action certifications.

The first would cover all Chrome users with a Google account who accessed a non-Google website containing Google tracking or advertising code and who were in “Incognito mode”; the second covers all Safari, Edge, and Internet Explorer users with a Google account who accessed a non-Google website containing Google tracking or advertising code while in “private browsing mode.”

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ComputerWorld Independent

Would a US digital dollar let the government track you?

October 13, 2022 admin Data Privacy, Emerging Technology, Financial Services Industry, Government, Government IT, Security

US legislators continue to press for the creation of a digital dollar, raising questions about whether the move could make it easy for the federal government to track business and consumer transactions.

Putting all the digital dollars on one electronic ledger operated by the Federal Reserve would also be a tempting target for cyber criminals.

In March, lawmakers introduced a bill that would allow the US Treasury to create a digital dollar and pilot it to determine its viability. That same month, President Joe Biden called for more research on developing a national digital currency through the nation’s central bank. The order highlighted the need for more regulatory oversight of cryptocurrencies, which have been used for nefarious purposes such as money laundering and other criminal activities.

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ComputerWorld Independent

EU-US data sharing agreement: Is it a done deal?

October 12, 2022 admin Data Privacy, Regulation

The thousands of companies waiting for a new US-EU data-transfer agreement to go into effect soon and ease the burdensome legal work necessary for cross-border data transfer shouldn’t get their hopes up. US President Joe Biden’s executive order to implement rules for the Trans-Atlantic Data Policy Framework agreed on earlier this year is a move in the right direction, but the new pact won’t go into effect until next spring at the earliest, and even then it is bound to face legal challenges, say public policy and legal experts.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Coming soon — a resume-validating blockchain network for job seekers

October 5, 2022 admin careers, Data Privacy, file sharing, it jobs, it skills, remote work, Technology Industry

An online resume-validating network has garnered support from than a dozen board members from companies whose ranks include Aon, Oracle, SAP, UKG and ZipRecruiter with the aim of reducing the time and cost of vetting job candidates.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Banks face a WhatsApp reckoning as regulators clamp down on messaging apps

August 8, 2022 admin Data Privacy, Financial Services Industry, Mobile Apps

Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 03:01:00 -0700

As regulators hand out hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for record-keeping failures related to the use of social messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, the finance industry faces a choice: properly enforce bans on the use of these apps or find ways to make them compliant.

“The explosion of new electronic communications channels — and the pervasive use of these — raises lots of red flags for the regulators,” said Anthony Diana, a partner at law firm Reed Smith’s Tech & Data Group. “The fear is that, if bad things are happening, they’re happening on these personal apps, not on the sanctioned communication channels that are surveilled.”

Anthony Diana, a partner at law firm Reed Smith’s Tech & Data Group.
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MalwareBytes Security

Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16

August 1, 2022 admin crisis text line, Data Privacy, Facebook, google, lock and code, lock and code podcast, malwarebytes labs, podcast, roe v. wade

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:42:56 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we talk with some of the team behind Malwarebytes Labs about whether we’ve lost the fight for data privacy.

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ComputerWorld Independent

How to stay smart about Android app permissions

July 20, 2022 admin Android, Data Privacy, google, Mobile Apps, privacy, Security

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700

When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a certain direction.

It’s simple, really: With each new Android version, it usually gets easier to manage your privacy and understand how your information is being used. And we typically get more front-facing tools and under-the-hood improvements that allow us to handle that stuff intelligently. Obviously, right?

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