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Apple today announced some major changes to its controversial ‘Siri audio grading program’ following criticism for employing humans to listen to audio recordings of users collected via its voice-controlled Siri personal assistant without their knowledg… Continue reading Apple Changes the Way It Listens to Your Siri Recordings Following Privacy Concerns
Snapchat’s 186 million users may be in for a rude awakening today after revelation that multiple employees of the social media giant were able to abuse their power and snoop on members. As Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox describes, current and … Continue reading Snapchat workers snooped on users with internal tool
Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner.
Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result… Continue reading New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
The Georgia Institute of Technology, well known as Georgia Tech, has confirmed a data breach that has exposed personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff and student applicants.
In a brief note published Tue… Continue reading Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes 1.3 Million Users’ Personal Data
A third-party vulnerability exposed admission records, essays, transcripts and sensitive personal information of Stanford University students, including Social Security numbers, ethnicity, legacy status, home address, citizenship, criminal record and f… Continue reading Data Breach at Stanford Exposes Student Records, Personal Info
The French data protection watchdog CNIL has issued its first fine of €50 million (around $57 million) under the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law that came into force in May last year.
The fine has been levied on Goog… Continue reading Google fined $57 million by France for lack of transparency and consent
Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date, i.e., in April 2019 instead of August 2019.
Google said … Continue reading Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
Huntsville Hospital in Alabama announced that the personal data of job applicants may have been compromised after a security incident at the recruitment platform they collaborate with. Social Security numbers of thousands of people may have been leaked… Continue reading Third-party data breach exposes info of Alabama hospital job applicants
SHEIN servers were breached by hackers and as a result of the intrusion sensitive data of over 6.4 million users was hijacked. The incident occurred between June and August 2018 according to the company statement. Our article sums up the…Read more
Th… Continue reading SHEIN Servers Infected by Malware, Data of 6.4M Customers Stolen
British intelligence agency GCHQ was found guilty of violating the European Convention on Human Rights, the European court of human rights in Strasbourg said after analyzing the methods used to collect user data, including from communication service pr… Continue reading UK’s interception regime violates human rights, European court rules