Theta Lake, a company that specializes in compliance and security solutions for collaboration platforms, on Wednesday announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round.
Theta Lake Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round
Compliance Startup Trustero Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding
Trustero, a Palo Alto, California-based startup offering Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) for enterprises, has emerged from stealth mode with $8 million in seed funding.
The investment round was led by Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from Engineering Capital and Vertex Ventures.
Italy Investigates Russia’s Kaspersky Antivirus Software
Italy’s data privacy watchdog said Friday it was investigating the “potential risks” that Russian antivirus software Kaspersky could be used to launch cyberattacks.
Todyl Banks $28M Series A Investment
Security and networking platform start-up Todyl on Thursday announced the closing of a $28 million Series A funding round.
The new investment round was led by Anthos Capital with participation from previous investors Blu Ventures, StoneMill Ventures, and Tech Operators.
Irish Regulator Fines Facebook for Privacy Law Violations
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe’s privacy law.
Italy Fines US Facial Recognition Firm
Italy’s data privacy watchdog on Wednesday fined US-based firm Clearview AI 20 million euros (almost $22 million) over its controversial facial recognition software.
anecdotes Raises $25 Million for Its Compliance OS Platform
Compliance solutions provider anecdotes this week announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding, which brings the total investment in the company to $30 million.
The new funding round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners and received participation from Aleph, Glilot Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Vintage Investment Partners.
At Olympics, Cybersecurity Worries Linger in Background
Warnings to use disposable “burner” phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smartphone app.
Google Introduces ‘Privacy Sandbox’ for Ads on Android
Google this week announced Privacy Sandbox on Android, a new initiative expected to lead to more private advertising solutions for its mobile users.
The new solutions, the Internet giant claims, will limit the sharing of user data and will also prevent the use of cross-app identifiers, advertising IDs included.
Cambodia Delays Controversial Internet Gateway
Cambodia is delaying an internet gateway that had raised concerns around privacy and free speech, halting its planned mid-week implementation due to Covid-19 related disruptions, a government official said Tuesday.
