Data broker exposes 600,000 sensitive files including background checks
A researcher has discovered a data broker had stored 644,869 PDF files in a publicly accessible cloud storage container.
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This industry profits from knowing you have cancer, explains Cody Venzke (Lock and Code S05E22)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Cody Venzke about why data brokers are allowed to collect everything about us.
Read moreData broker sued for allegedly selling individuals’ sensitive location data
Categories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Kochava Tags: FTC Tags: sensitive locations Tags: data broker The FTC has filed a complaint against data broker Kochava for selling sensitive location data. |
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Read moreWhat should a US federal data privacy law ideally include?
Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| What do small, privacy-protective companies think about a federal data privacy law for the US? It turns out, they’re all for it. Here are some of their ideas for US data privacy legislation. Categories: Tags: AB 846AB 873BraveBrave browserCalifornia Consumer Privacy Actdata brokerData privacydata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationdigital bill of rightsDisconnectDuckDuckGoEuropean Unionfederal data privacy lawfederal data privacy legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGhosteryinternet service providerLavabitMainepreemptpreemptionprotonmailPurismright to accesssocial purpose companyUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationUS Senate Judiciary CommitteeVermontVivaldi |
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Read moreUS Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally
Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year. Categories: Tags: Amy KlobucharBrian SchatzCalifornia Consumer Privacy ActCDTCenter for Democracy and Technologycomprehensive data privacy lawcomprehensive data privacy legislationConsumer Data Protection Actdata brokerData Care ActData Dissemination ActData privacydata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationfederal legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationKlobucharMarco RubioprivacyRon WydenRubioSchatzSenatorstatewide legislationWyden |
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