Categories: News Tags: TikTok Tags: Information Commissioner’s Office Tags: ICO Tags: Sonia Livingston Tags: John Edwards TikTok has been fined by a UK data protection watchdog after its investigation shows the company failed to get parental consent. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: TikTok Tags: social media Tags: data Tags: app Tags: privacy Tags: algorithm TikTok has garnered a ton of media attention about its alleged risks. But is it really that much worse than other social media apps? |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:11:08 +0000
Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e-commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones.
Read moreCategories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Canada Tags: TikTok Tags: privacy Tags: young Tags: bans Tags: Netherlands Tags: EU Tags: UK Tags: state employees Canadian privacy protection authorities have announced they will start an investigation into TikTok’s privacy practices, especially in relation to its younger users. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Hyundai Tags: Kia Tags: car theft hack Tags: Kia Challenge Tags: viral TikTok challenge Tags: TikTok Hyundai and Kia have released a software update to fix a car theft hack that went viral on TikTok, and resulted in at least eight fatalities. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: T-Mobile Tags: ransomware Tags: Microsoft Tags: TikTok Tags: privacy Tags: Data Privacy Day 2023 Tags: Data Privacy Week 2023 Tags: Malwarebytes 2023 State of Mobile Cybersecurity Tags: Riot Games Tags: VASTFLUX Tags: Grand Theft Auto 5 Tags: iPhone Tags: vRealize Tags: video game fish Tags: credit cart theft Tags: DuoLingo Tags: K-12 Tags: Vice Society Tags: Hive ransomware The most interesting security related news from the week of January 23-19. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: TikTok Tags: Shou Zi Chew Tags: Thierry Breton Tags: EU Commissioner Tags: Digital Markets Act Tags: DMA Tags: Digital Services Act Tags: DSA Tags: Vera Jourova Tags: Caroline Greer Tags: GDPR Tags: General Data Protection Regulation Tags: Code of Practice on Disinformation In a recent meeting with TikTok’s CEO, EU commissioner Thierry Breton impressed upon the company the need to comply with EU laws in light of the DSA, the DMA, and the GDPR. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Google Tags: Rust Tags: Chromium Tags: Mailchimp Tags: SweepWizard Tags: bossware Tags: TikTok Tags: surveillance firm Tags: Voyager Labs Tags: TracketPacer Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Vice Society Tags: Liquor Control Board of Ontario Tags: Zoho ManageEngine Tags: GitHub Tags: LastPass Tags: Git flaw Tags: ransomware Tags: credit card fraud The most interesting security related news from the week of January 16-22. |
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