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Air Canada has confirmed a data breach that may have affected about 20,000 customers of its 1.7 million mobile app users.
The company said it had “detected unusual log-in behavior” on its mobile app between August 22 and 24, during which the personal … Continue reading Air Canada Suffers Data Breach — 20,000 Mobile App Users Affected
T-Mobile today confirmed that the telecom giant suffered a security breach on its US servers on August 20 that may have resulted in the leak of “some” personal information of up to 2 million T-Mobile customers.
The leaked information includes customer… Continue reading T-Mobile Hacked — 2 Million Customers’ Personal Data Stolen
Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. after the country’s data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke the law, making it as the social network’s first fine over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Yes, £500,00… Continue reading Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in U.K. Over Cambridge Analytica Leak
Reminder—If you’ve forgotten about any Google app after using it once a few years ago, be careful, it may still have access to your private emails.
When it comes to privacy on social media, we usually point fingers at Facebook for enabling third-party… Continue reading Reminder—Third Party Gmail Apps Can Read Your Emails, “Allow” Carefully!
Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users’ data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015.
It’s an unusual clear view of how the… Continue reading Facebook Admits Sharing Users’ Data With 61 Tech Companies
A fine in the size of 250,000 euro has been imposed on Optical Center, a French company specialized in selling eye and hearing aids. Apparently, the company has failed to secure the data of its customers on its website, and…Read more
The post 250,000… Continue reading 250,000 Euros Fine for French Company that Exposed Customer Data
After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users’ data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung.
Accord… Continue reading Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank admitted losing years’ worth of data backup containing the financial details of some 12 million customers. When the breach occurred in 2016, the bank informed the Office of the Australian Information Commission… Continue reading Australia’s largest bank lost its customers’ financial history and forgot to mention it
LinkedIn joins the data privacy breach club after a researcher detected a major vulnerability in the AutoFill plugin – that allows members to autofill their information in forms on other websites. The bug was detected by researcher Jack Cable who… Continue reading LinkedIn fixes major bug in AutoFill plugin
Dating social network Grindr admitted sharing users’ sensitive information with third parties as this is “industry practice.” The data was encrypted and Apptimize and Localytics were bound by contract to keep the data safe and confide… Continue reading Grindr says sharing of sensitive user information is ‘industry practice’