Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law,” UK lawmakers said in a report about “disinformation and ‘fake news.'” Continue reading Facebook acts like a law-breaking ‘digital gangster’, says official report
Bitcoin’s legendary ascension to the $20,000 mark a little more than a year ago inspired legions of fast-buck makers to hop on the bandwagon and invest in this intriguing yet volatile asset. Mining cryptocurrency worked for a while, but it is no … Continue reading Thieves stole $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency in 2018 as mining gives way to stealing in crypto space
The UK tax authority continues to store a huge database of millions of voice IDs which were collected without permission.
Continue reading Thousands of taxpayers tell HMRC to delete voiceprint data it stored without consent
Popular massage-booking app Urban lets masseurs/masseuses log comments about creepy customers, and left its database wide open. Continue reading Creeps outed as massage app exposes database with workers’ comments
Popular massage-booking app Urban lets masseurs/masseuses log comments about creepy customers, and left its database wide open. Continue reading Creeps outed as massage app exposes database with workers’ comments
Uber’s widely publicized data leak from two years ago has finally resulted in a fine from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. The penalty would have been 203 times the amount if the leak had occurred this year, after the GDPR era took… Continue reading UK fine against Uber for 2016 data breach would be 200 times bigger in 2018
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined two firms £220,000 for making more than half a million nuisance calls. On 31 October, the ICO announced its imposition of the fine after two home security firms contacted people registered wi… Continue reading Two Firms Fined £220,000 by ICO for Making 600,000 Nuisance Calls
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the independent regulator for data protection and information rights law, has handed Facebook the maximum fine allowed under the 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) for its involvement in the Cambridge A… Continue reading UK’s ICO fines Facebook £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal
A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner’s Office could do under the old Data Protection Act. Continue reading Facebook fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica saga
The amount is the max allowed under pre-GDPR regulation, but is barely a financial slap on the risk for the social-media giant. Continue reading UK Slaps Facebook with $645K Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal