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TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data

November 5, 2022 Business Sales Department

Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware. Wired

The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do

October 7, 2022 Business Sales Department

Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack. Wired

The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data

July 20, 2022 Business Sales Department

The ACLU released a trove of documents showing how Homeland Security contracted with surveillance companies to scour location information. Wired

No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive privacy

July 10, 2022 Business Sales Department

Social media users posted ideas about how to protect people’s reproductive privacy when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, including entering “junk” data into apps designed for tracking menstrual cycles. People use period tracking apps to predict their next period, talk to their doctor about their cycle, and identify when they are fertile. Users log everything from […]

Chinese Police Exposed 1B People’s Data in Unprecedented Leak

July 10, 2022 Business Sales Department

Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone’s new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week’s top security news. Wired

Google has been sharing user data with a sanctioned Russian company, according to ProPublica

July 1, 2022 Business Sales Department

As recently as late June, Google was sharing user data—including IP addresses, geographical locations, and details about users’ interests and search activity—with an advertising company owned by Russia’s largest state bank, according to a report obtained by ProPublica. The company, RuTarget, is based in Moscow and helps broker the sale of digital advertisements to brands […]

June 30, 2022

This NASDAQ adviser thinks markets are tumbling because of data privacy changes

Business Sales Department

It’s been a volatile year for the markets. In mid-June the S&P 500 fell 3.3%, and is down 23%, its lowest since December 2020. Experts chalk it up to inflation, supply chain issues, and high interest rates. But according to Dominique Shelton Leipzig, a member of NASDAQ’s Risk and Cybersecurity Council, there’s another factor playing […]

5 ways to protect your personal data in a post-Roe world

June 28, 2022 Business Sales Department

The world changed for many people on Friday, June 24 when the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. Although the opinion had been leaked two months prior, the ruling was a gut punch nonetheless for millions of women—and none moreso than the hundreds of thousands who were already considering an abortion. With the loss of […]

Google Urged to Stop Tracking Location Data Ahead of Roe Reversal

May 27, 2022 Business Sales Department

Lawmakers argue Android phone data could be “weaponized against women” if the US Supreme Court officially overturns abortion protections. Wired

How data could help predict COVID outbreaks

March 29, 2022 Business Sales Department

It’s an unfortunate but ever-present truth: The realities of COVID-19 are still far from over. In fact, cases are actually on the rise again—concurrent with easing U.S. restrictions, quarantine fatigue, waning vaccine efficacy and the increasing (yet misguided) belief that the pandemic is behind us. Now, with recent reports showcasing rising infections and hospitalizations in […]

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