The 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Report has named "cybersecurity challenges" as the 4th most pressing danger to the global economy.
Hacking group ShinyHunters released Pixlr's 1.9 million stolen user credentials on a hacker forum. The data was accessed from an AWS S3 bucket while breaching sister site 123rf.
UK’s ICO is taking its investigation into adtech back up. The central focus is on RTB systems, one of the cornerstones of the targeted advertising industry.
A combination of negative public sentiment and a legal challenge in the Indian court system has prompted WhatsApp to delay the new terms found in its privacy policy update.
The Justice Department's investigation into Fitbit's use and handling of user health data remains ongoing, the agency reaffirmed after Google announced that the deal was done.
As Data Privacy Day approaches on January 28, it’s the perfect time for enterprises to reevaluate the way they safeguard data to ensure they’re maximizing its value while still mitigating risk to data subjects or brand safety.
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.
