The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
Los Gatos, Calif-based data protection and privacy firm Titaniam has raised $6 million seed funding from Refinery Ventures, with participation from Fusion Fund, Shasta Ventures and individual investors. Titaniam seeks to square the circle between data protection and data usability.
The IRS said Monday it will suspend the use of facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice was criticized by privacy advocates and lawmakers.
A bill that would grant Massachusetts residents what supporters describe as fundamental internet privacy rights — including greater control over their personal information — is making its way through the Statehouse.
The information of many British Council students was recently exposed online in an unprotected repository.
A world leading education institution, British Council operates in over 100 countries worldwide. In 2019 and 2020, it connected directly with roughly 80 million people, and with over 790 million overall.
The data-tracking “cookies” at the heart of concerns over online privacy were meant to shield people, rather than serve as cyber snoops, their inventor told AFP.
California-based engineer and entrepreneur Lou Montulli said the original “cookie” he created decades ago was intended to make life online easier by letting websites remember visitors.
There seems to be a strong likelihood that European hypocrisy over personal data privacy might continue indefinitely
The District of Columbia and three states are suing Google for allegedly deceiving consumers and invading their privacy by making it nearly impossible for them to stop their location from being tracked.
Fines issued for GDPR non-compliance increased sevenfold from 2020 to 2021, analysis shows
A new ruling from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) traps EU/U.S. data transfers between a rock and hard place. The rock is GDPR. The hard place is FISA. And the two are fundamentally incompatible.
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