Privacy
Google settles YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit for $30M
Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting personal information without their parents’ permission and using that data to deliver targeted advertising.
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Your questions, answered by Cybernews: Here’s how to hide your location from Instagram
Cybernews reader was worried that everyone on Instagram can see his location after Instagram rolled out the new Maps feature. Can you use Instagram without leaking your location? Each week, our team selects one pressing and common reader issue and deconstructs it to help you stay safe online.
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Telegram banning rash of channels found extorting and doxxing users
Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov says starting this week, the messaging platform is cracking down on scammers after receiving hundreds of user reports of attempted blackmail and doxxing.
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UK watchdog says don’t post photos of shoplifters, due to privacy rules
The UK’s data watchdog has a message for furious shopkeepers: don’t plaster thief mugshots in your window.
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Your questions, answered by Cybernews: Here’s why you shouldn’t tell your phone passcode at a repair shop
Cybernews reader discovered her data was leaked in multiple breaches after sharing her passcode with a repair shop. What happened? Each week, our team selects one pressing and common reader issue and deconstructs it to help you stay safe online.
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Data breach of cancer care provider exposes over 113K patients
Highlands Oncology Group, an American healthcare organization focused on cancer treatment, has revealed that a ransomware attack exposed the personal details of numerous patients.
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Meta found guilty of cashing in on intimate data
Meta was found guilty of violating privacy laws by quietly harvesting sexual health data from Flo, a period-tracking app used by millions.
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Family members furious after Florida prison staff leaks private visitor information to inmates
A “Level 5” maximum security prison in Florida has leaked the personal contact information of every person who has visited an inmate incarcerated at the prison, causing panic and anger among family members who say they are now targets for extortion.
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Trump admin announces launch of national electronic health tracking system
US President Trump on Wednesday announced the launch of a brand new health tracking system designed to make it easier for Americans to access their health data all in one place. What could go wrong?
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YouTube joins global age-verification rush with AI that guesses your age
YouTube says it will soon be rolling out AI to guess how old users really are and whether they lied about their birthdays, as age verification laws get stricter worldwide.
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Michigan hospital hack exposes over 54K patients
A breach of McKenzie Memorial Hospital has exposed numerous patients’ data, including personal identifiable information (PII) and, in some cases, financial account data.
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Celebrity osteopath who secretly filmed women jailed in London
Torben Stig Hersborg surrounded himself with famous friends and clients but led a double life as “one of the capital’s most prolific ever voyeurs.”
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Pay-or-Okay systems deliver “North Korean consent rates”
The Pay-or-Okay model adopted across the online news industry and platforms like Facebook and Instagram is “manipulative” and cannot be considered a free choice, a new report from the digital rights group noyb has found.
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340K exposed after breach of French governmental employment agency
France Travail, the French national public employment agency, has suffered another data breach, this time exposing hundreds of thousands of workers. Last year, the agency suffered a breach that exposed 43 million people.
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Hong Kong DPA looking into Louis Vuitton data breach
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong’s data protection authority (DPA), is investigating a recent data breach at Louis Vuitton.
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UK may retreat on iCloud backdoor plan following US pressure
Reportedly, the United Kingdom will no longer force Apple to build a backdoor into iCloud.
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Breach of Mormon Church university vendor exposes over 25K students
BYU–Pathway Worldwide, an education organization supported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), had an unauthorized party access tens of thousands of its students’ data.
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Montana mental health clinic breach exposes patients’ medical info
What was thought to be a network disruption turned out to be a cyberattack exposing tens of thousands of Western Montana Mental Health Center (WMMHC) patients.
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Nearly 750K exposed after hacker attack on drug tester
The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service (TADTS) has announced that a cyberattack exposed hundreds of thousands of people, revealing data ranging from their names to biometrics.
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Co-op CEO acknowledges personal data has been stolen from all 6.5M Co-op Group members
Shirine Khoury-Haq, CEO of the Co-op Group, has confirmed that all of its 6.5 million members had their data stolen in a recent cyberattack.
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