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Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses

May 31, 2023 admin Business, cyber, financial, lapse, lapses, loans, New York, one-man, Security, update

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We take a look at a fine totalling millions aimed at financial services company OneMain.

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Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General

February 8, 2023 admin App, developer, device, Mobile, monitoring, New York, news, nyag, stalkerware

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We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line.

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Credit card fraud group member could get up to 30 years in jail

January 20, 2023 admin card fraud, credit card, credit cards, New York, news, US

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We take a look at a New York based credit card fraud group, and see how the justice system is slowly taking it to task.

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Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US

January 23, 2020 admin ab 602, ab 730, Artificial Intelligence, California, deep fakes accountability act, deepfake, deepfake report act, deepfakes, deepfakes laws, deepfakes legislation, deeptrace, election interference, gavin newsom, iogan act, maryland, Massachusetts, national defense authorization act, ndaa, New York, nonconsensual deepfake pornography, nonconsensual pornorgraphy, revenge porn, rogue one, SAG-AFTRA, screen actors guild‐american federation of television and radio artists, star wars, star wars: rogue one, Texas, Virginia

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:59:05 +0000

In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy.

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Insurance data security laws skirt political turmoil

September 25, 2019 admin anthem, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, connecticut, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Data Security, data security law, delaware, Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility, hipaa, insurance cybersecurity, insurance data security, insurance data security model law, Maine, mccarran ferguson act, Michigan, Mississippi, model law, naic, national association of insurance commissioners, new hampshire, New York, New York Department of Financial Services, nydfs, Ohio, privacy, South Carolina, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:44:47 +0000

Across the United States, a unique approach to lawmaking has seen radical success in making data security a little bit stronger for one industry—insurance providers.

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