A new report from DLA Piper shows that GDPR fines are being handed out more frequently, with a jump of 39% in 2020 but there remains a strong disparity in the willingness of individual regulators to issue them.
Documents related to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from European Medicines Agency's server were leaked online. EMA said participants' personal data was not exposed.
A Chinese startup leaked information of more than 214 million social media users obtained through data scraping, including private information not provided on social profiles.
Apple's IDFA usage terms will soon require app developers to obtain affirmative consent before tracking. Device fingerprinting appears to be the popular alternative in spite of the risk of being banned.
Healthcare web application attacks increased by 51% since the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines. Cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injections were the most detected by volume.
Recent FTC settlement with the popular Flo Fertility Tracking app came with a warning from the agency to other health apps that engage in questionable data sharing practices.
Newly discovered set of DNS vulnerabilities puts a wide range of devices at risk, with an estimate of millions impacted. This raises fresh questions about the inherent security of DNS.
Over 100,000 UN employee records were accessed by security researchers in a Git data breach originating from repositories associated with UNEP and ILO domains.
UK CMA Plans to Investigate Google Chrome’s “Privacy Sandbox” for Potential Anticompetitive Behavior
The "Privacy Sandbox" initiative proposed by Google could bring major changes to the online advertising industry, disabling third-party cookies entirely in the Chrome browser. Could this be considered anticompetitive?
SolarWinds hackers suspected to have breached email security provider Mimecast compromising its Microsoft 365 Exchange connection certificate, and affecting 10% of its customers.
