Nicole Lindsey, Senior Correspondent at CPO Magazine

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FCC’s Plan For Enhanced 911 Location Data Could Become a Privacy Nightmare

March 27, 2019

Enhanced 911 location data would make it possible for emergency first responders to more accurately find and locate people making 911 calls. What are the privacy implications since the biggest U.S. telcos have been secretly selling location data of their customers to a shadowy network of data brokers and data aggregators?

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Cyber Security News

New Malvertising Attacks Highlight Growing Risk of Ad Fraud

March 21, 2019

The next time you’re tempted to click on an online ad, think again. New malvertising attacks use polyglot images to run code for ad fraud, showing the growing sophistication for malvertising ad fraud.

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Data Privacy News

Facebook Is Acting Like Digital Gangsters, Says New UK Report

March 18, 2019

Democracy is at risk from companies like Facebook that behave like digital gangsters. And, in fact, there are many similarities between Facebook’s behavior and recent violations and the way that “traditional gangsters” act.

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Data Protection Insights

Blockchain Privacy Poisoning a New Concern in Post-GDPR Era

March 14, 2019

The features that make blockchain so attractive to enterprises are also the very features that could lead to headaches like “blockchain privacy poisoning", which Gartner has named as one of the biggest risks facing organizations over the next few years.

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Cyber Security News

Cyber Criminals Have Turned Social Media Cyber Crime Into a $3 Billion Business

March 12, 2019

The problem of social media cyber crime is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a $3 billion business. According to a recent report, nearly 1 in 5 organizations worldwide are now infected by malware distributed by social media.

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Data Protection Insights

Big Tech’s Hidden Agenda for Privacy Regulations

March 7, 2019

Big tech companies are pushing for watered-down privacy regulations that would largely permit them to continue doing business as usual. There is reason to suspect that these tech companies now view federal privacy regulations as a way to construct barriers and moats around their core business.

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Cyber Security News

Formjacking Attacks Pose New Threat for Internet Users

March 1, 2019

According to a new report from security research firm Symantec, cyber criminals and other hacker syndicates are carrying out “formjacking” attacks at an increasing rate, making it one of the fastest growing forms of cyber attacks on the Internet right now.

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Data Privacy News

Proposed Data Privacy Act for Washington State Could Be a Game-Changer

February 28, 2019

Washington State is now considering a comprehensive data privacy act that would protect the personal information of its citizens, making Washington only the second state in America to adopt a comprehensive data privacy law.

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Data Privacy

Russia Internet Control Initiative Could Cut Off Nation From Global Internet

February 26, 2019

A new draft law for Russia Internet control wants ISPs to direct all data (both incoming and outgoing) to government-controlled routing and exchange points if the need arises to "unplug" from the global Internet.

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Data Privacy News

Potential Security Flaw Involving Twitter Direct Messages Sparks Concern About User Privacy

February 25, 2019

Twitter retains direct messages for years, including messages that you or others have deleted. And that’s even the case if Twitter direct messages are sent to or from an account that has been suspended or deactivated.