Nicole Lindsey, Senior Correspondent at CPO Magazine

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Google’s Gmail Privacy Practices Now Under Legal Attack

March 21, 2018

Google has tried to clean up its Gmail privacy practices, saying that it will no longer use or scan Gmail content for any advertising purposes. Now, Gallo is representing consumers who never signed up for a Google account or Gmail account, but who still had their email messages read. This could be a real game-changer.

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Data Privacy Insights

Predictive Policing Raises Important Privacy and Human Rights Concerns

March 16, 2018

Law enforcement agencies around the world are embracing new predictive policing technology that will help them spot criminals before a crime ever takes place. However, communities often have little or no idea of why or how this technology is being used, and that raises some important privacy and human rights concerns.

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Cyber Security Insights

Churn in Cyber Security Jobs Makes It Harder to Fight Cyber Crime

March 14, 2018

The bubble in cyber security jobs is encouraging people to look for better opportunities at exactly the wrong time, and that may lead to the detriment of the fight against cyber crime. A new report by (ISC)2 found that a staggering 84% of cyber workers are open to new opportunities or plan to change employers in 2018.

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Cyber Security Insights

Cyber Criminals Profit from Crypto Mining Malware

March 2, 2018

Crypto mining malware is now the weapon of choice for hackers worldwide. The skyrocketing prices of cryptocurrencies is driving the scale of cryptojacking attacks, and can mean very lucrative profits ranging from hundreds of dollars to twenty thousand dollars per month. Victims now include Tesla and the UK government.

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Cyber Security Insights

“Real” Insider Threats Already Lurking Within Your Organization

February 28, 2018

While we often think about malicious users when we speak of insider threats, the "real" problem lies with users that may unintentionally be putting their organizations at risk. This includes users that get phished, bypass controls for convenience or efficiency, and connect their own devices to the corporate networks.

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Cyber Security News

What You Need To Know About the New NIST Report on IoT

February 26, 2018

For years, IoT developers have focused too much on availability, and not enough on privacy and confidentiality. This mindset appears to be shifting and the NIST report is proof of a growing recognition that there needs to be universal standards in place to improve the privacy and security of any IoT system.

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Data Privacy Insights

Artificial Intelligence: Privacy and Legal Issues

February 19, 2018

Just as big data made every single company a data company, the new era of AI to make sense of this data might transform every company into an AI company. But the legal and privacy implications are far wider, potentially impacting every single industry, from consumer goods to healthcare to financial services.

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Cyber Security Insights

Blockchain and Its Impact on the Future of Cyber Security

February 14, 2018

There is reason to be optimistic about the future of cyber security. In today’s world, there is always a “weak link” in the chain that hackers can exploit. In a blockchain world, there are no longer any weak links and every action taken on the blockchain is part of a completely verifiable and trackable digital ledger.

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Data Privacy News

Social Fitness Apps May Be More Harmful to User Privacy Than You Think

February 12, 2018

Social fitness apps such as Strava need to be doing more to enhance user privacy and safety. The recent snafu involving the disclosure of U.S. military personnel location data has increased awareness of the perils created by tracking apps. Learn more about how these apps are collecting data, and how they are using it.

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Cyber Security News

The New Security Scare: Jackpotting Attacks on ATM Machines

February 5, 2018

ATM machines have always represented a “soft target” in the minds of criminals. What’s now clear is that the ATM card skimmer scams of years past pale in comparison with what’s possible now with jackpotting scams with cyber criminals turning every ATM they visit into casino slot machines with huge jackpots.