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How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

July 30, 2019 admin awareness, credit monitoring, data breach, data breach settlement, Equifax, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, fraud, fraud prevention, FTC, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Identity Theft, phishing, scams, settlement, Social Security numbers

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

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Governments increasingly eye social media meltdown

May 22, 2019 admin cybercrime, EU, Facebook, governments, hate speech, instagram, Mastodon, Myanmar, privacy, social media, Trolls, Twitter, ukgov

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 16:10:14 +0000

It seems problems never quite go away for social media platforms, and more governments of the world are taking keen interest. Will the tech giants be able to sort things out before legislators steps into the fray?

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The not-so-definitive guide to cybersecurity and data privacy laws

March 7, 2019 admin California Online Privacy Protection, California Online Privacy Protection Act, Childrens Online Privacy Protect Act, COPPA, cybersecurity, cybersecurity compliance, cybersecurity laws, data breach, data breach notification, data breach notification law, Data Privacy, data privacy compliance, data privacy laws, Do Not Track, EU, European Union, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, google, Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility, hipaa, Legal, privacy, Privacy & Policy, Security world, startup

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In the first blog for Malwarebytes Labs’ cybersecurity and data privacy law series, we tackle US data privacy compliance from a startup’s perspective. GDPR, COPPA, HIPAA—it’s all here.

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Tags: California Online Privacy Protection California Online Privacy Protection Act Childrens Online Privacy Protect Act COPPA cybersecurity cybersecurity compliance cybersecurity laws data breach data breach notification data breach notification law Data privacy data privacy compliance data privacy laws Do Not Track EU European Union gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Google Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility HIPAA legal privacy privacy policy startup

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 77

February 7, 2019 admin EU, Gmail, iOS, IoT, news, NSA, podcast, privacy, SCAM, smart watch, Threats, webcams

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:32:31 +0000

Jeff and David take a look at a recalled smart watch in the EU, faulty webcam covers from the NSA, changes in iOS, and more.

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The battle for e-privacy

March 29, 2018 admin 34c3, CCC, Chaos Communications Congress, ePrivacy, EU, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, news, privacy, Technology

Credit to Author: Yaroslava Ryabova| Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:31:04 +0000

The European Commission’s proposed ePrivacy Regulation takes effect in May 2018. Why is it a battle — and who is fighting for what?

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How the EU intends to battle fake news

November 21, 2017 admin EU, fake news, Government, high level experts group, online disinformation, public consultation, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:20:36 +0000

The EU has announced to launch of a public consultation and the setup of a high-level expert group in the battle against fake news and online disinformation.

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